About the Authors

Kirsten Nguyen Knudsen

Kirsten.quyen.nguyen.knudsen@rsyd.dk

Affiliations Department of Clinical Pathology, Vejle Hospital, Part of Lillebaelt Hospital, Vejle, Denmark, Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Boye Schnack Nielsen

Affiliation Bioneer A/S, Hørsholm, Denmark

Jan Lindebjerg

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pathology, Vejle Hospital, Part of Lillebaelt Hospital, Vejle, Denmark

Torben Frøstrup Hansen

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Vejle Hospital, Part of Lillebaelt Hospital, Vejle, Denmark

René Holst

Affiliation Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Flemming Brandt Sørensen

Affiliations Department of Clinical Pathology, Vejle Hospital, Part of Lillebaelt Hospital, Vejle, Denmark, Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Competing Interests

BSN is employed by a commercial company (Bioneer A/S, Denmark). This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KNK FBS BSN JL TFH. Performed the experiments: KNK FBS BSN JL TFH. Analyzed the data: KNK RH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KNK BSN FBS JL. Wrote the paper: KNK BSN.