About the Authors

Maarten Niemantsverdriet

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Isala pathology, Dr. Van Heesweg 2, 8025 AB Zwolle, The Netherlands

Anne Mei Eshuis

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Isala pathology, Dr. Van Heesweg 2, 8025 AB Zwolle, The Netherlands

Naomi van der Horst

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Isala pathology, Dr. Van Heesweg 2, 8025 AB Zwolle, The Netherlands

Rory Ogink

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Isala pathology, Dr. Van Heesweg 2, 8025 AB Zwolle, The Netherlands

Pien van Smeerdijk

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Isala pathology, Dr. Van Heesweg 2, 8025 AB Zwolle, The Netherlands

Jose van der Starre-Gaal

Affiliation Isala pathology, Dr. Van Heesweg 2, 8025 AB Zwolle, The Netherlands

Agnes Marije Hoogland

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

a.m.hoogland@isala.nl

Affiliation Isala pathology, Dr. Van Heesweg 2, 8025 AB Zwolle, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Agnes Marije Hoogland is included as one of the inventors in the Tispa patent WO 2024/117901 A1 of Tispa Medical B.V. and Stichting Isala Klinieken on the Non-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded (NFPE) technique, with additional patents pending. The other authors do not report a conflict of interest. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.