About the Authors

Ridha Limame

ridha.limame@ua.ac.be

Affiliation Center for Oncological Research (CORE), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

An Wouters

Affiliation Center for Oncological Research (CORE), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Bea Pauwels

Affiliation Center for Oncological Research (CORE), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Erik Fransen

Affiliation StatUA Center for Statistics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Marc Peeters

Affiliations Center for Oncological Research (CORE), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, Department of Oncology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium

Filip Lardon

Affiliation Center for Oncological Research (CORE), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

Olivier De Wever

Affiliation Laboratory of Experimental Cancer Research, Department of Radiotherapy and Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Patrick Pauwels

Affiliations Center for Oncological Research (CORE), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium, Laboratory of Pathology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem (Antwerp), Belgium

Competing Interests

Olivier De Wever, listed as co-author, is currently serving as an academic editor for PLOS ONE. 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: RL AW BP EF MP FL ODW PP. Performed the experiments: RL AW BP. Analyzed the data: RL AW BP EF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MP FL PP. Wrote the paper: RL. Evaluated and interpreted results: RL AW BP EF MP FL ODW PP. Evaluated manuscript text: AW EF MP FL ODW PP.