About the Authors

Nicole Bethge

Affiliations Department of Immunology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Hilde Honne

Affiliations Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Cancer Prevention, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Kim Andresen

Affiliations Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Cancer Prevention, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Vera Hilden

Affiliations Department of Immunology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Gunhild Trøen

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Knut Liestøl

Affiliations Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Harald Holte

Affiliations Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Oncology, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Jan Delabie

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Guro E. Lind

Affiliations Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Cancer Prevention, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Erlend B. Smeland

ebs@rr-research.no

Affiliations Department of Immunology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Competing Interests

A US provisional patent application entitled “Methods and biomarkers for detection of hematological cancers” (61824278/INVEN-33229/US-1/PRO) has been filed covering the investigated genes as biomarkers for detection and monitoring of hematological cancer. GEL and EBS are listed as two of the inventors. The authors confirm that this does not alter adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ES GL. Performed the experiments: NB H. Honne VH. Analyzed the data: NB H. Holte H. Honne JD KA KL GL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GT H. Holte JD. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: NB ES GL.