About the Authors

Maider Ibarrola-Villava

Contributed equally to this work with: Maider Ibarrola-Villava, Lara P. Fernandez

Affiliations Servicio de Oncologia Medica y Hematologia, Fundacion Hospital Clinico Universitario-INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain, Programa Genetica Humana, CNIO, Madrid, Spain

Lara P. Fernandez

Contributed equally to this work with: Maider Ibarrola-Villava, Lara P. Fernandez

Affiliation Programa Genetica Humana, CNIO, Madrid, Spain

Santos Alonso

Affiliation Department of Genetica, Antropologia Fisica y Fisiologia Animal, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Leioa, Spain

M. Dolores Boyano

Affiliation Department of Biologia Celular e Histologia, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Leioa, Spain

Maria Peña-Chilet

Affiliation Servicio de Oncologia Medica y Hematologia, Fundacion Hospital Clinico Universitario-INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain

Guillermo Pita

Affiliation Programa Genetica Humana, CNIO, Madrid, Spain

Jose A. Aviles

Affiliation Department of Dermatologia, Hospital Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain

Matias Mayor

Affiliation Department of Dermatologia, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain

Cristina Gomez-Fernandez

Affiliation Department of Dermatologia, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain

Beatriz Casado

Affiliation Department of Dermatologia, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain

Manuel Martin-Gonzalez

Affiliation Department of Dermatologia, Hospital Ramon y Cajal, Madrid, Spain

Neskuts Izagirre

Affiliation Department of Genetica, Antropologia Fisica y Fisiologia Animal, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Leioa, Spain

Concepcion De la Rua

Affiliation Department of Genetica, Antropologia Fisica y Fisiologia Animal, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Leioa, Spain

Aintzane Asumendi

Affiliation Department of Biologia Celular e Histologia, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Leioa, Spain

Gorka Perez-Yarza

Affiliation Department of Biologia Celular e Histologia, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Leioa, Spain

Yoana Arroyo-Berdugo

Affiliation Department of Biologia Celular e Histologia, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Leioa, Spain

Enrique Boldo

Affiliation Unidad de Cirugia Oncologica, Hospital Provincial Castellon, Castellon, Spain

Rafael Lozoya

Affiliation Unidad de Cirugia Oncologica, Hospital Provincial Castellon, Castellon, Spain

Arantxa Torrijos-Aguilar

Affiliation Servicio de Dermatologia, Hospital Provincial Castellon, Castellon, Spain

Ana Pitarch

Affiliation Servicio de Dermatologia, Hospital General Castellon, Castellon, Spain

Gerard Pitarch

Affiliation Servicio de Dermatologia, Hospital General Castellon, Castellon, Spain

Jose M. Sanchez-Motilla

Affiliation Servicio de Dermatologia, Hospital General Castellon, Castellon, Spain

Francisca Valcuende-Cavero

Affiliation Servicio de Dermatologia, Hospital La Plana, Vila-real, Castellon, Spain

Gloria Tomas-Cabedo

Affiliation Servicio de Dermatologia, Hospital La Plana, Vila-real, Castellon, Spain

Gemma Perez-Pastor

Affiliation Servicio de Dermatologia, Hospital La Plana, Vila-real, Castellon, Spain

Jose L. Diaz-Perez

Affiliation Servicio de Dermatologia, Hospital de Cruces, Baracaldo, Spain

Jesus Gardeazabal

Affiliation Servicio de Dermatologia, Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain

Iñigo Martinez de Lizarduy

Affiliation Servicio de Dermatologia, Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain

Ana Sanchez-Diez

Affiliation Servicio de Dermatologia, Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain

Carlos Valdes

Affiliation Servicio de Dermatologia, Hospital de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain

Angel Pizarro

Affiliation Department of Dermatologia, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain

Mariano Casado

Affiliation Department of Dermatologia, Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain

Gregorio Carretero

Affiliation Department of Dermatologia, Hospital Dr Negrin, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain

Rafael Botella-Estrada

Affiliation Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia, Valencia, Spain

Eduardo Nagore

Affiliation Instituto Valenciano de Oncologia, Valencia, Spain

Pablo Lazaro

Affiliation Department of Dermatologia, Hospital Gregorio Marañon, Madrid, Spain

Ana Lluch

Affiliation Servicio de Oncologia Medica y Hematologia, Fundacion Hospital Clinico Universitario-INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain

Javier Benitez

Affiliation Programa Genetica Humana, CNIO, Madrid, Spain

Conrado Martinez-Cadenas

martinezconrado@yahoo.es

Affiliation Laboratorio de Biopatologia Molecular, Hospital Provincial Castellon, Castellon, Spain

Gloria Ribas

Current address: Servicio de Oncologia Medica y Hematologia, Fundacion Investigacion Hospital Clinico-INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain

Affiliations Servicio de Oncologia Medica y Hematologia, Fundacion Hospital Clinico Universitario-INCLIVA, Valencia, Spain, Programa Genetica Humana, CNIO, Madrid, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LPF SA CM-C GR. Performed the experiments and statistical analysis: LPF MI-V MP-C G. Pita GR. Conceived of and are responsible for the selection and examination of the patients, obtained phenotypic and tumour information of all participants: MDB JAA MM CG-F BC MM-G A. Pizarro MC GC RB-E EN PL EB RL A. Pitarch G. Pitarch JMS-M FV-C GT-C GP-P JLD-P JG AS-D IMdL CV. Contributed with reagents/materials/analysis tools: NI CDlR AA GP-Y YA-B AT-A AL JB. Contributed to the writing and editing of the manuscript: LPF MI-V SA CM-C GR. All authors revised the final version of the manuscript.