About the Authors

Andliena Tahiri

Affiliations Department of Clinical Molecular Biology and Laboratory Sciences, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Kathrine Røe

Affiliations Department of Clinical Molecular Biology and Laboratory Sciences, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway, Department of Oncology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway

Anne H. Ree

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Oncology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway

Rik de Wijn

Affiliation PamGene International B.V., ‘s- Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Karianne Risberg

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway

Christian Busch

Affiliation Section of Oncology, Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

Per E. Lønning

Affiliations Section of Oncology, Institute of Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway, Department of Oncology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

Vessela Kristensen

Affiliations Department of Clinical Molecular Biology and Laboratory Sciences, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Jürgen Geisler

juergen.geisler@medisin.uio.no

Affiliations Department of Clinical Molecular Biology and Laboratory Sciences, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Oncology, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway

Competing Interests

Rik de Wijn is PamGene International B.V. employee. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AT K. Røe AHR JG VNK. Performed the experiments: AT K. Røe K. Risberg. Analyzed the data: AT K. Røe RDW K. Risberg. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG AHR RDW CB PEL VNK K. Risberg. Wrote the paper: AT. Revised and approved the manuscript: AT K. Røe AHR RDW K. Risberg CB PEL VNK JG.