About the Authors
- George Papaxoinis
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Contributed equally to this work with: George Papaxoinis, Vassiliki Kotoula
* E-mail: georgexoinis@gmail.com
Affiliation Oncology Section, Second Department of Internal Medicine, “Hippokration” Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Vassiliki Kotoula
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Contributed equally to this work with: George Papaxoinis, Vassiliki Kotoula
Affiliations Department of Pathology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece, Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Zoi Alexopoulou
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Affiliation Health Data Specialists Ltd, Dept of Biostatistics, Athens, Greece
- Konstantine T. Kalogeras
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Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece, Translational Research Section, Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group, Data Office, Athens, Greece
- Flora Zagouri
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Therapeutics, “Alexandra” Hospital, University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
- Eleni Timotheadou
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Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, “Papageorgiou” Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Helen Gogas
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Affiliation First Department of Medicine, “Laiko” General Hospital, University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
- George Pentheroudakis
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Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Ioannina University Hospital, Ioannina, Greece
- Christos Christodoulou
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Affiliation Second Department of Medical Oncology, “Metropolitan” Hospital, Piraeus, Greece
- Angelos Koutras
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Affiliation Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital, University of Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece
- Dimitrios Bafaloukos
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Affiliation First Department of Medical Oncology, “Metropolitan” Hospital, Piraeus, Greece
- Gerasimos Aravantinos
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Affiliation Second Department of Medical Oncology, “Agii Anargiri” Cancer Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Pavlos Papakostas
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Affiliation Oncology Unit, “Hippokration” Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Elpida Charalambous
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Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Kyriaki Papadopoulou
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Ioannis Varthalitis
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Affiliation Oncology Department, General Hospital of Chania, Crete, Greece
- Ioannis Efstratiou
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, "Papageorgiou" Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Thomas Zaramboukas
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Helen Patsea
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, IASSO General Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Chrisoula D. Scopa
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University Hospital, University of Patras Medical School, Patras, Greece
- Maria Skondra
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Affiliation Oncology Section, Second Department of Internal Medicine, “Hippokration” Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Paris Kosmidis
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Affiliation Second Department of Medical Oncology, Hygeia Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Dimitrios Pectasides
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Affiliation Oncology Section, Second Department of Internal Medicine, “Hippokration” Hospital, Athens, Greece
- George Fountzilas
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Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Faculty of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
Competing Interests
Author Zoi Alexopoulou is employed by Health Data Specialists Ltd. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The rest of the authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: G. Papaxoinis VK ZA KTK FZ ET HG G. Pentheroudakis CC AK DB GA PP EC KP IV IE TZ HP CDS MS PK DP GF. Performed the experiments: VK EC KP IE TZ HP CDS. Analyzed the data: G. Papaxoinis VK ZA GF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VK ZA EC KP IE TZ HP CDS GF. Wrote the paper: G. Papaxoinis VK ZA KTK GF. Manuscript revision: FZ ET HG G. Papaxoinis CC AK DB GA PP EC KP IV IE TZ HP CDS MS PK DP. Read and approved the manuscript: G. Papaxoinis VK ZA KTK FZ ET HG G. Pentheroudakis CC AK DB GA PP EC KP IV IE TZ HP CDS MS PK DP GF.