About the Authors

Manal Al-Khanbashi

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

Stefano Caramuta

Affiliation Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska institute, Cancer Center Karolinska, Karolinska University Hospital-Solna, Stockholm, Sweden

Adil M. Alajmi

Affiliation Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

Ibrahim Al-Haddabi

Affiliation Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

Marwa Al-Riyami

Affiliation Department of Pathology, College of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

Weng-Onn Lui

Affiliation Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska institute, Cancer Center Karolinska, Karolinska University Hospital-Solna, Stockholm, Sweden

Mansour S. Al-Moundhri

mansours@squ.edu.om

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSM. Performed the experiments: MHK SC IH MR WL. Analyzed the data: MHK MSM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSM MHK. Wrote the paper: MHK MSM. Provided the clinical assistance, patients recruitment and sample collection: AMA.