About the Authors

Sam M. Wiseman

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

smwiseman@providencehealth.bc.ca

Affiliation Department of Surgery, St. Paul’s Hospital & University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Arash Memarnejadian

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sernova Corporation, London, Ontario, Canada

Guilaine K. Boyce

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, St. Paul’s Hospital & University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Anne Nguyen

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, St. Paul’s Hospital & University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Blair A. Walker

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Daniel T. Holmes

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, St. Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Ian D. Welch

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Delfina M. Mazzuca

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sernova Corporation, London, Ontario, Canada

Philip M. Toleikis

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Sernova Corporation, London, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the following authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests. Some of the authors of this study have a commercial affiliation with Sernova Corp as described here: SMW serves on the scientific advisory board of Sernova Corp and received an honorarium from Sernova Corp for drafting and delivery of a KOL online lecture. AM is employed as a Research Scientist at Sernova Corp and receives salary & benefits. DMM was employed as the Senior Director of R&D and Clinical Programs of Sernova Corp and received salary & benefits when this work was carried out. PMT is the President and CEO of Sernova Corp and receives salary & benefits. All other co-authors listed have declared that no competing interests exist.