About the Authors

D. Mouttet

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Institut Curie, Paris, France

M. Laé

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, Institut Curie, Paris, France

M. Caly

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, Institut Curie, Paris, France

D. Gentien

Affiliation Department of Translational Research, Institut Curie, Paris, France

S. Carpentier

Affiliation QIAGEN Marseille SA, Marseille, France

H. Peyro-Saint-Paul

Affiliation QIAGEN Marseille SA, Marseille, France

A. Vincent-Salomon

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, Institut Curie, Paris, France

R. Rouzier

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Institut Curie, Paris, France

B. Sigal-Zafrani

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, Institut Curie, Paris, France

X. Sastre-Garau

Affiliation Department of Tumor Biology, Institut Curie, Paris, France

F. Reyal

fabien.reyal@curie.fr

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Institut Curie, Paris, France, Residual Tumor and Response to Treatment Team, Institut Curie, Department of Translational Research, Paris, France

Competing Interests

SC and HP are employees of the commercial company QIAGEN. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide of authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DM FR XS. Performed the experiments: DM FR XS. Analyzed the data: FR XS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FR XS ML. Wrote the paper: DM FR ML AV RR BS DG MC. Full-time employees of QIAGEN Marseille, funder of the project: SC HP.