About the Authors

Anja Brouwer

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

aaltje.brouwer@uantwerpen.be

Affiliations Centre for Oncological Research (CORE), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Oncology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium

Bram De Laere

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Pieter-Jan van Dam

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Oncological Research (CORE), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, HistoGeneX NV, Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium

Dieter Peeters

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Oncological Research (CORE), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, HistoGeneX NV, Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium

Jasper Van Haver

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Oncological Research (CORE), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Ellen Sluydts

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation HistoGeneX NV, Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium

Ali El Moussaoui

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation HistoGeneX NV, Wilrijk, Antwerp, Belgium

Pauline Mendelaar

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Jaco Kraan

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Marc Peeters

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Oncological Research (CORE), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Oncology, Antwerp University Hospital, Antwerp, Belgium

Steven Van Laere

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Centre for Oncological Research (CORE), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Luc Dirix

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Oncological Research (CORE), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Oncology, GZA Hospitals Sint-Augustinus, Antwerp, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors DP, PJvD, ES, and AEM are affiliated with the company HistoGeneX NV. The company HistoGeneX NV provided support in the form of salaries for authors ES and AEM. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare.