About the Authors

Maria B. Lyng

mlyng@health.sdu.dk (MBL); hditzel@health.sdu.dk (HJD)

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Anne-Vibeke Lænkholm

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark

Rolf Søkilde

Affiliation Department of Biomarker Discovery, Exiqon A/S, Vedbæk, Denmark

Karina H. Gravgaard

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Thomas Litman

Affiliation Department of Biomarker Discovery, Exiqon A/S, Vedbæk, Denmark

Henrik J. Ditzel

mlyng@health.sdu.dk (MBL); hditzel@health.sdu.dk (HJD)

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Department of Oncology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: TL and RS were employed at Exiqon A/S during the study. They declare that they have no conflict of interest beyond that. The remaining authors declare that they have no conflict of interest. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MBL AVL HJD. Performed the experiments: MBL RS. Analyzed the data: MBL KHG RS TL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AVL RS TL. Wrote the paper: MBL HJD. Review of clinical records: MBL KHG.