About the Authors
- A. James Daveson
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Affiliation Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
- Dianne M. Jones
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Affiliation Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
- Soraya Gaze
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Affiliations Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
- Henry McSorley
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Affiliations Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
- Andrew Clouston
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Affiliation Envoi Specialist Pathologists, Brisbane, Australia
- Andrew Pascoe
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Affiliation Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
- Sharon Cooke
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Affiliation The Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Australia
- Richard Speare
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Affiliation James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
- Graeme A. Macdonald
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Affiliations Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia
- Robert Anderson
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Affiliation Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Melbourne, Australia
- James S. McCarthy
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Affiliations Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- Alex Loukas
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Affiliations Queensland Institute of Medical Research, Brisbane, Australia, James Cook University, Townsville, Australia
- John Croese
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* E-mail: 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.