About the Authors

Marte Eilertsen

marte.eilertsen@uit.no

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway

Sigve Andersen

Affiliations Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway, Department of Oncology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway

Samer Al-Saad

Affiliations Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway, Department of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway

Yury Kiselev

Affiliations Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway, Department of Pharmacy, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway

Tom Donnem

Affiliations Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway, Department of Oncology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway

Helge Stenvold

Affiliations Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway, Department of Oncology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway

Ingvild Pettersen

Affiliation Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway

Khalid Al-Shibli

Affiliations Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway, Department of Pathology, Nordland Central Hospital, Bodo, Norway

Elin Richardsen

Affiliations Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway, Department of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway

Lill-Tove Busund

Affiliations Department of Medical Biology, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway, Department of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway

Roy M. Bremnes

Affiliations Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway, Department of Oncology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ME SA SAS YK TD HS IP KAS ER LTB RMB. Performed the experiments: ME SA SAS YK TD HS IP KAS ER LTB RMB. Analyzed the data: ME SA SAS YK TD HS IP KAS ER LTB RMB. Wrote the paper: ME SA SAS YK TD HS IP KAS ER LTB RMB.