About the Authors

Gillian Farnie

gfarnie@picr.man.ac.uk

Affiliation Cancer Stem Cell Research, University of Manchester, Institute of Cancer Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom

Pamela M. Willan

Affiliation Cancer Stem Cell Research, University of Manchester, Institute of Cancer Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom

Robert B. Clarke

Affiliation Breast Biology Group, University of Manchester, Institute of Cancer Sciences, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom

Nigel J. Bundred

Affiliation Academic Department of Surgery, University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, Wythenshawe Hospital, Education and Research Centre, Manchester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GF NJB RBC. Performed the experiments: GF PW. Analyzed the data: GF PW. Wrote the paper: GF RBC NJB.