About the Authors

Maria B. Lyng

mlyng@health.sdu.dk (MBL); hdtizel@health.sdu.dk (HJD)

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Anne-Vibeke Lænkholm

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, Department of Pathology, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark

Qihua Tan

Affiliations Department of Clinical Genetics, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Werner Vach

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biometry and Medical Informatics, University Medical Center Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Karina H. Gravgaard

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Ann Knoop

Affiliations Department of Oncology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark, Department of Oncology, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark

Henrik J. Ditzel

mlyng@health.sdu.dk (MBL); hdtizel@health.sdu.dk (HJD)

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Department of Oncology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and declare that they have no conflicts of interest. A provisional patent application has been filed (P1177US00). This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Review of clinical records: MBL AK KHG. Conceived and designed the experiments: MBL AVL HJD. Performed the experiments: MBL. Analyzed the data: MBL WV QT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AVL AK. Wrote the paper: MBL HJD.