About the Authors

Giuseppina Rosaria Rita Ricciardi

Contributed equally to this work with: Giuseppina Rosaria Rita Ricciardi, Barbara Adamo

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit AOOR Papardo-Piemonte & Department of Human Pathology University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Barbara Adamo

Contributed equally to this work with: Giuseppina Rosaria Rita Ricciardi, Barbara Adamo

Affiliation Oncologia Mèdica Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain

Antonio Ieni

Affiliation Department of Human Pathology “Gaetano Barresi”, Section of Anatomic Pathology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Luana Licata

Affiliation Department of Human Pathology “Gaetano Barresi”, Section of Anatomic Pathology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Roberta Cardia

Affiliation Department of Human Pathology “Gaetano Barresi”, Section of Anatomic Pathology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Giuseppa Ferraro

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit AOOR Papardo-Piemonte & Department of Human Pathology University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Tindara Franchina

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit AOOR Papardo-Piemonte & Department of Human Pathology University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Giovanni Tuccari

Affiliation Department of Human Pathology “Gaetano Barresi”, Section of Anatomic Pathology, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Vincenzo Adamo

vadamo@unime.it

Affiliation Medical Oncology Unit AOOR Papardo-Piemonte & Department of Human Pathology University of Messina, Messina, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VA BA GR GT AI TF GF. Performed the experiments: GT AI LL RC. Analyzed the data: GR BA VA GT AI TF GF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VA BA GR GT AI TF GF. Wrote the paper: GR BA VA GT AI TF GF.