About the Authors

Aurélien Dupré

Affiliations Department of Surgical Oncology, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France, LabTau, U1032, Inserm, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France

David Melodelima

Affiliation LabTau, U1032, Inserm, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France

David Pérol

Affiliation Biostatistics and Treatment Evaluation Unit, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France

Yao Chen

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France

Jérémy Vincenot

Affiliation LabTau, U1032, Inserm, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France

Jean-Yves Chapelon

Affiliation LabTau, U1032, Inserm, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France

Michel Rivoire

Michel.rivoire@lyon.unicancer.fr

Affiliations Department of Surgical Oncology, Centre Léon Bérard, Lyon, France, LabTau, U1032, Inserm, Université de Lyon, Lyon, France

Competing Interests

This work was supported by funding from the Cancéropôle Lyon Auvergne Rhône Alpes and the French NCI (under PHRC grant 12007 and Lyric grant INCa-DGOS-4664). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR DP JYC. Performed the experiments: MR AD DM JV. Analyzed the data: MR AD YC DM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YC DM JV JYC DP. Wrote the paper: AD DM MR.