About the Authors

Fabio Morandi

Contributed equally to this work with: Fabio Morandi, Paola Scaruffi

Affiliation Laboratory of Oncology, Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy

Paola Scaruffi

Contributed equally to this work with: Fabio Morandi, Paola Scaruffi

Current address: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Center of Physiopathology of Human Reproduction, “San Martino” Hospital, Genoa, Italy

Affiliation Translational Oncopathology, National Cancer Research Institute, Genoa, Italy

Fabio Gallo

Affiliation Molecular Epidemiology, National Cancer Research Institute, Genoa, Italy

Sara Stigliani

Affiliation Translational Oncopathology, National Cancer Research Institute, Genoa, Italy

Stefano Moretti

Affiliation LAMSADE-CNRS, Université Paris Dauphine, Paris, France

Stefano Bonassi

Affiliation Clinical and Molecular Epidemiology, IRCCS San Raffaele Pisana, Rome, Italy

Claudio Gambini

Affiliation Service of Pathology, Scientific Directorate, Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy

Katia Mazzocco

Affiliation Translational Oncopathology, National Cancer Research Institute, Genoa, Italy

Paolo Fardin

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Scientific Directorate, Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy

Riccardo Haupt

Affiliation Laboratory of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Section, Scientific Directorate, Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy

Giampaolo Arcamone

Affiliation Policlinico Università Bari, Bari, Italy

on behalf of the Italian Cooperative Group for Neuroblastoma
Vito Pistoia

Affiliation Laboratory of Oncology, Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy

Gian Paolo Tonini

gianpaolo.tonini@istge.it

Affiliation Translational Oncopathology, National Cancer Research Institute, Genoa, Italy

Maria Valeria Corrias

Affiliation Laboratory of Oncology, Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MVC GPT. Performed the experiments: FM PS SS PF FG SM SB KM GA. Analyzed the data: CG RH GPT MVC VP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FG SM SB GA. Wrote the paper: FM PS MVC.