About the Authors

Marta Dueñas

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Unit, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain

Mirentxu Santos

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Unit, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain

Juan F. Aranda

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Unit, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain

Concha Bielza

Affiliation Departamento de Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain

Ana B. Martínez-Cruz

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Unit, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain

Corina Lorz

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Unit, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain

Miquel Taron

Affiliation Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain

Eva M. Ciruelos

Affiliation Medical Oncology Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain

José L. Rodríguez-Peralto

Affiliation Pathology Department, Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, and Instituto de Investigación Hospital 12 de Octubre i+12, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Miguel Martín

Affiliation Hospital General Gregorio Marañón, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Pedro Larrañaga

Affiliation Departamento de Inteligencia Artificial, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Boadilla del Monte, Madrid, Spain

Jubrail Dahabreh

Affiliation Surgery Department, Athens Medical Center, Athens, Greece

George P. Stathopoulos

Affiliation Oncology Department, Errikos Dunant Hospital, Athens, Greece

Rafael Rosell

Affiliation Catalan Institute of Oncology, Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain

Jesús M. Paramio

ramon.garcia@ciemat.es (RG-E); jesusm.paramio@ciemat.es (JMP)

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Unit, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain

Ramón García-Escudero

ramon.garcia@ciemat.es (RG-E); jesusm.paramio@ciemat.es (JMP)

Affiliation Molecular Oncology Unit, CIEMAT, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: R.G.-E., J.-M.P., A.B.M.-C., M.S., P.L. and C.B. hold two patents for the genomic tests described in this study. Patent 1: Inventors: R. García Escudero, A.B. Martínez Cruz, M. Santos Lafuente and J.M. Paramio, Title: Genomic fingerprint of breast cancer, Request N°: PCT/ES2009/07028, Priority country: Spain, Priority date: 01/july/2009, Organism: CIEMAT. 2. Inventors: R. García Escudero, J.M. Paramio, Pedro Larrañaga, and Concepción Bielza, Title: Predictor test of global survival in lung adenocarcinoma, Request N°: P201031626, Priority country: Spain, Priority date: 05/november/2010, Organism: CIEMAT and UPM. In relation with employment, consultancy, or products in development the authors declare no conflict of interest. The conflict of interest that the authors are declaring does not alter their adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RGE MD JMP. Performed the experiments: RGE MD JFA JD GPS. Analyzed the data: RGE CB PL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS ABMC CL MT EMC JLRP MM RR JD GPS. Wrote the paper: RGE JMP.