About the Authors

Domenico Mattoscio

Affiliation European Institute of Oncology, Department of Experimental Oncology, Milan, Italy

Chiara Casadio

Affiliation European Institute of Oncology, Department of Pathology, Milan, Italy

Claudia Miccolo

Affiliation European Institute of Oncology, Department of Experimental Oncology, Milan, Italy

Fausto Maffini

Affiliation European Institute of Oncology, Department of Pathology, Milan, Italy

Andrea Raimondi

Affiliation Experimental Imaging Center, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy

Carlo Tacchetti

Affiliations Experimental Imaging Center, IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, Department of Experimental Medicine, University of Genova, Genova, Italy

Tarik Gheit

Affiliation Infections and Cancer Biology Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

Marta Tagliabue

Affiliation European Institute of Oncology, Division of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Milan, Italy

Viviana E. Galimberti

Affiliation European Institute of Oncology Senology Division, Milan, Italy

Francesca De Lorenzi

Affiliation European Institute of Oncology, Plastic Surgery Department, Milan, Italy

Michael Pawlita

Affiliation Division of Molecular Diagnostics of Oncogenic Infections, Research Program Infection, Inflammation and Cancer, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

Fausto Chiesa

Affiliation European Institute of Oncology, Division of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Milan, Italy

Mohssen Ansarin

Affiliation European Institute of Oncology, Division of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Milan, Italy

Massimo Tommasino

Affiliation Infections and Cancer Biology Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

Susanna Chiocca

susanna.chiocca@ieo.eu

Affiliation European Institute of Oncology, Department of Experimental Oncology, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

MP received research funding from cooperation contracts from the DKFZ with Roche and Qiagen. He is inventor and receives royalties on a patent held by DKFZ in the field of molecular diagnostics for infectious disease.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: DM SC. Formal analysis: DM SC. Funding acquisition: FC MP MTo SC. Investigation: DM CC CM FM AR CT TG MP SC. Methodology: DM SC. Project administration: SC. Resources: MTa VEG FDL FC MA SC. Supervision: SC. Validation: DM CM SC. Visualization: DM CC CM FM SC. Writing – original draft: DM SC. Writing – review & editing: DM MTo SC.