About the Authors

Laura Smith

Affiliation Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Euan W. Baxter

Affiliation Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Philip A. Chambers

Affiliation Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Caroline A. Green

Affiliation Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Andrew M. Hanby

Affiliation Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Thomas A. Hughes

Affiliation Leeds Institute of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Claire E. Nash

Current Address: The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Affiliation Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Rebecca A. Millican-Slater

Affiliation St James’s Institute of Oncology, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, United Kingdom

Lucy F. Stead

Affiliation Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Eldo T. Verghese

Affiliation Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Valerie Speirs

v.speirs@leeds.ac.uk

Affiliation Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LS VS. Performed the experiments: LS EWB ETV PAC LFS. Analyzed the data: LS ETV VS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EWB TAH CAG CEN. Wrote the paper: LS EWB VS AMH TAH LFS VS. Provided guidance on selection of cases/areas for LMD: AMH RAM-S. Guidance on breast pathology: AMH RAM-S.