About the Authors

Julia Beretov

Affiliations Cancer Care Centre, St George Hospital, Kogarah, Australia, St George and Sutherland Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Kensington, Australia, SEALS, Anatomical Pathology, St George Hospital, Kogarah, Australia

Valerie C. Wasinger

Affiliations Bioanalytical Mass Spectrometry Facility, Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, UNSW, Kensington, Australia, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW, Kensington, Australia

Ewan K. A. Millar

Affiliations SEALS, Anatomical Pathology, St George Hospital, Kogarah, Australia, School of Medical Sciences, UNSW, Kensington, Australia, Cancer Research Program, Kinghorn Cancer Centre and Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Darlinghurst, Australia, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Western Sydney, Campbelltown, Australia

Peter Schwartz

Affiliation Breast Surgery, St George Private Hospital, Kogarah, Australia

Peter H. Graham

Affiliations Cancer Care Centre, St George Hospital, Kogarah, Australia, St George and Sutherland Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Kensington, Australia

Yong Li

y.li@unsw.edu.au

Affiliations Cancer Care Centre, St George Hospital, Kogarah, Australia, St George and Sutherland Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales (UNSW), Kensington, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB VCW YL. Performed the experiments: JB VCW. Analyzed the data: JB VCW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PS, PHG. Wrote the paper: JB VCW EKAM YL.