About the Authors

Hector Hernandez-Vargas

Contributed equally to this work with: Hector Hernandez-Vargas, Marie-Pierre Lambert

Affiliation Epigenetics Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France

Marie-Pierre Lambert

Contributed equally to this work with: Hector Hernandez-Vargas, Marie-Pierre Lambert

Affiliation Epigenetics Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France

Florence Le Calvez-Kelm

Affiliation Genetic Cancer Susceptibility Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France

Géraldine Gouysse

Affiliation Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, Edouard Herriot Hospital Lyon, Lyon, France

Sandrine McKay-Chopin

Affiliation Genetic Cancer Susceptibility Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France

Sean V. Tavtigian

Affiliation Genetic Cancer Susceptibility Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France

Jean-Yves Scoazec

Affiliation Service d'Anatomie Pathologique, Edouard Herriot Hospital Lyon, Lyon, France

Zdenko Herceg

herceg@iarc.fr

Affiliation Epigenetics Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HHV MPL ZH. Performed the experiments: HHV MPL FLCK SMC. Analyzed the data: HHV MPL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JYS. Wrote the paper: HHV ZH. Processed the samples and the clinicopathological data: GG. Gave conceptual assistance: SVT JYS. Contributed to planning the experiments: SVT JYS.