About the Authors

Thomas K. Kilvaer

kilvaer@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Oncology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway

Mehrdad Rakaee Khanehkenari

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway

Turid Hellevik

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway

Samer Al-Saad

Affiliations Institute of Medical Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway, Department of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway

Erna-Elise Paulsen

Affiliations Department of Oncology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway

Roy M. Bremnes

Affiliations Department of Oncology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway

Lill-Tove Busund

Affiliations Institute of Medical Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway, Department of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway

Tom Donnem

Contributed equally to this work with: Tom Donnem, Inigo Z. Martinez

Affiliations Department of Oncology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway

Inigo Z. Martinez

Contributed equally to this work with: Tom Donnem, Inigo Z. Martinez

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromso, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IZM TD TKK TH RMB LTB. Performed the experiments: IZM TKK MRK EEP. Analyzed the data: TKK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IZM SA. Wrote the paper: TKK IZM TD EEP MRK LTB RMB TH MRK SA.