About the Authors

A. James Daveson

Affiliation Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia

Dianne M. Jones

Affiliation Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia

Soraya Gaze

Affiliations Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

Henry McSorley

Affiliations Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

Andrew Clouston

Affiliation Envoi Specialist Pathologists, Brisbane, Australia

Andrew Pascoe

Affiliation Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia

Sharon Cooke

Affiliation The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Australia

Richard Speare

Affiliation James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

Graeme A. Macdonald

Affiliations Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia

Robert Anderson

Affiliation Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, Australia

James S. McCarthy

Affiliations Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

Alex Loukas

Affiliations Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia

John Croese

jcroese@bigpond.com

Affiliations Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia, The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. Envoi Specialist Pathologists, Brisbane, QLD, Australia contributed to the processing and the interpretation (Prof. Clouston) of the histological material, but neither the organisation nor any employee has any commercial interest beyond this support nor a competing interest. Envoi's involvement does not affect or alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JC AL JM. Performed the experiments: JD DJ SG HM AC AP SC RS JM. Analyzed the data: JD DJ SG HM AC RS RA JM AL JC. Wrote the manuscript: JD DJ SG HM RS RA JM AL JC. Clinical site study supervision: GM.