About the Authors

Andrej Valkov

Andrej.Yurjevic.Valkov@unn.no

Affiliations Department of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Sveinung W. Sorbye

Affiliations Department of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Thomas K. Kilvaer

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Tom Donnem

Affiliations Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Eivind Smeland

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway

Roy M. Bremnes

Affiliations Department of Oncology, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Lill-Tove Busund

Affiliations Department of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital of Northern Norway, Tromsø, Norway, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RMB LTB. Performed the experiments: AV SWS TKK. Analyzed the data: AV SWS TKK TD LTB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AV SWS TKK TD ES LTB. Wrote the paper: AV ES.