The potential of tumour microenvironment markers to stratify the risk of recurrence in prostate cancer patients

• Thomas Gevaert ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas Gevaert, Yves-Rémi Van Eycke

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Gevaert.thomas1979@gmail.com

  Affiliations Department of Urology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Organ Systems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Department of Pathology, AZ Klina, Brasschaat, Belgium, P.E.A.R.L. (ProstatE cAncer Research Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6880-7183

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• Yves-Rémi Van Eycke ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Thomas Gevaert, Yves-Rémi Van Eycke

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Visualization

  Affiliations Laboratories of Image, Synthesis and Analysis (LISA), Brussels School of Engineering/École polytechnique de Bruxelles, ULB, Brussels, Belgium, DIAPath—Center for Microscopy and Molecular Imaging (CMMI), ULB, Gosselies, Belgium

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7131-1784

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• Thomas Vanden Broeck,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis

  Affiliations Department of Urology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, P.E.A.R.L. (ProstatE cAncer Research Leuven), Leuven, Belgium, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Hein Van Poppel,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources

  Affiliations Department of Urology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Organ Systems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, P.E.A.R.L. (ProstatE cAncer Research Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

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• Isabelle Salmon,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliations DIAPath—Center for Microscopy and Molecular Imaging (CMMI), ULB, Gosselies, Belgium, Department of Pathology, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium, Centre Universitaire Inter Régional d’Expertise en Anatomie Pathologique Hospitalière (CurePath), Jumet, Belgium

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• Sandrine Rorive,

  Roles Formal analysis, Validation

  Affiliations Department of Pathology, Erasme University Hospital, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels, Belgium, Centre Universitaire Inter Régional d’Expertise en Anatomie Pathologique Hospitalière (CurePath), Jumet, Belgium

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• Tim Muilwijk,

  Roles Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Urology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Organ Systems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Frank Claessens,

  Roles Supervision, Validation

  Affiliations P.E.A.R.L. (ProstatE cAncer Research Leuven), Leuven, Belgium, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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• Dirk De Ridder,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision

  Affiliations Department of Urology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Organ Systems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, P.E.A.R.L. (ProstatE cAncer Research Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

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• Steven Joniau ,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Validation

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Urology, UZ Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Organ Systems, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, P.E.A.R.L. (ProstatE cAncer Research Leuven), Leuven, Belgium

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• Christine Decaestecker

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Laboratories of Image, Synthesis and Analysis (LISA), Brussels School of Engineering/École polytechnique de Bruxelles, ULB, Brussels, Belgium, DIAPath—Center for Microscopy and Molecular Imaging (CMMI), ULB, Gosselies, Belgium

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