About the Authors
- Ramon Andrade de Mello
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* E-mail: ramondemello@gmail.com(RM); rreis@ecsaude.uminho.pt (RR)
Affiliations Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto (FMUP), Porto, Portugal, Department of Medical Oncology, Instituto Português de Oncologia Francisco Gentil (IPO PORTO), Porto, Portugal
- Mónica Ferreira
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Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, 3B’s, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
- Filipa Soares-Pires
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Affiliation Department of Pneumology, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Sandra Costa
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Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, 3B’s, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal
- João Cunha
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Affiliation Department of Pneumology, Hospital São Marcos, Braga, Portugal
- Pedro Oliveira
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Affiliation Department of Populations Studies, Abel Salazar Biomedical Sciences Institute – ICBAS, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Venceslau Hespanhol
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto (FMUP), Porto, Portugal, Department of Pneumology, Centro Hospitalar de São João, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal
- Rui Manuel Reis
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* E-mail: ramondemello@gmail.com(RM); rreis@ecsaude.uminho.pt (RR)
Affiliations Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, 3B’s, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal, Molecular Oncology Research Center, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos-SP, Brazil
Competing Interests
Ramon Andrade de Mello, MD, PhD (corresponding author) is an academic editor for PLOS ONE. However, this does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RM VH RR. Performed the experiments: RM MF. Analyzed the data: RM PO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM MF FS SC JC PO VH RR. Wrote the paper: RM.