About the Authors

Katelin N. Townsend

Affiliations Trev and Joyce Deeley Research Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Jaeline E. Spowart

Affiliations Trev and Joyce Deeley Research Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Hassan Huwait

Affiliation Anatomical Pathology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Sima Eshragh

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Nathan R. West

Affiliations Trev and Joyce Deeley Research Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Mary A. Elrick

Affiliations Trev and Joyce Deeley Research Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Steve E. Kalloger

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Michael Anglesio

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Peter H. Watson

Affiliations Trev and Joyce Deeley Research Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

David G. Huntsman

Affiliation Centre for the Translational & Applied Genomics, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Julian J. Lum

jjlum@bccancer.bc.ca

Affiliations Trev and Joyce Deeley Research Centre, British Columbia Cancer Agency, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Biology, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJL KNT JES. Performed the experiments: KNT JES HH SE ME. Analyzed the data: JJL KNT JES NRW SEK MA PHW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SEK DGH. Wrote the paper: KNT JJL. Made revisions and approved the final manuscript: JES NRW SK MA PH HH SE DGH.