About the Authors

Elisabeth Chéreau

Affiliations Department of Gynecology, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France, ED 394—Ecole Doctorale Physiologie Physiopathologie, Paris, France, EA 3499 "Transporteurs ABC et épithéliums normaux et tumoraux," Paris, France

Catherine Uzan

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Gustave Roussy, Paris, France

Emmanuelle Boutmy-Deslandes

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Hôpital Saint Louis, Paris, France

Sarah Zohar

Affiliation INSERM, U1138, team 22, University Paris 5, University Paris 6, Paris, France

Corinne Bézu

Affiliation Department of Gynecology, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France

Chafika Mazouni

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Gustave Roussy, Paris, France

Jean-Rémi Garbay

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Gustave Roussy, Paris, France

Emile Daraï

Affiliations Department of Gynecology, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France, ED 394—Ecole Doctorale Physiologie Physiopathologie, Paris, France

Roman Rouzier

roman.rouzier@curie.fr

Affiliations Department of Gynecology, Hôpital Tenon, Paris, France, Department of Surgery, Institut Curie, Saint-Cloud, France, EA 7285: Risques cliniques et sécurité en santé des femmes et en santé périnatale, Versailles-St-Quentin-en-Yvelines University, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France

Competing Interests

Financial support for this trial was provided by Novartis Pharmaceuticals. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EC RR. Performed the experiments: EC CU CB CM JRG RR. Analyzed the data: EBD SZ EC RR. Wrote the paper: EC CU ED RR.