About the Authors

Leonie J. M. Mekenkamp

Contributed equally to this work with: Leonie J. M. Mekenkamp, Josien C. Haan, Iris D. Nagtegaal, Bauke Ylstra

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Josien C. Haan

Contributed equally to this work with: Leonie J. M. Mekenkamp, Josien C. Haan, Iris D. Nagtegaal, Bauke Ylstra

Affiliation Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Daniëlle Israeli

Affiliation Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Hendrik F. B. van Essen

Affiliation Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jeroen R. Dijkstra

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Patricia van Cleef

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Cornelis J. A. Punt

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Gerrit A. Meijer

Affiliation Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Iris D. Nagtegaal

Contributed equally to this work with: Leonie J. M. Mekenkamp, Josien C. Haan, Iris D. Nagtegaal, Bauke Ylstra

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Bauke Ylstra

Contributed equally to this work with: Leonie J. M. Mekenkamp, Josien C. Haan, Iris D. Nagtegaal, Bauke Ylstra

B.Ylstra@vumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJMM JCH IDN BY. Performed the experiments: LJMM JCH DI HFvE JRD PvC. Analyzed the data: LJMM JCH IDN BY. Wrote the paper: LJMM JCH IDN BY. Editing the paper and had final approval of the submitted and published versions: BY LJMM JCH DI HFvE JRD PvC CJAP GAM IDN. Revised the manuscript critically: GAM CJAP.