About the Authors

Andrea Sartore-Bianchi

Contributed equally to this work with: Andrea Sartore-Bianchi, Federica Di Nicolantonio

Affiliation The Falck Division of Medical Oncology, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy

Federica Di Nicolantonio

Contributed equally to this work with: Andrea Sartore-Bianchi, Federica Di Nicolantonio

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Division of Genetics and Oncogenomics, Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (IRCC), University of Torino Medical School, Candiolo, Turin, Italy

Michele Nichelatti

Affiliation Service of Biostatistics, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy

Francesca Molinari

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostic, Istituto Cantonale di Patologia, Locarno, Switzerland

Sara De Dosso

Affiliation Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona, Switzerland

Piercarlo Saletti

Affiliation Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland, Ospedale San Giovanni, Bellinzona, Switzerland

Miriam Martini

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Division of Genetics and Oncogenomics, Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (IRCC), University of Torino Medical School, Candiolo, Turin, Italy

Tiziana Cipani

Affiliation The Falck Division of Medical Oncology, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy

Giovanna Marrapese

Affiliation The Falck Division of Medical Oncology, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy

Luca Mazzucchelli

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostic, Istituto Cantonale di Patologia, Locarno, Switzerland

Simona Lamba

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Division of Genetics and Oncogenomics, Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (IRCC), University of Torino Medical School, Candiolo, Turin, Italy

Silvio Veronese

Affiliation Division of Pathology, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy

Milo Frattini

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostic, Istituto Cantonale di Patologia, Locarno, Switzerland

Alberto Bardelli

salvatore.siena@ospedaleniguarda.it (SS); a.bardelli@unito.it (AB)

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Division of Genetics and Oncogenomics, Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment (IRCC), University of Torino Medical School, Candiolo, Turin, Italy, FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology, Milan, Italy

Salvatore Siena

salvatore.siena@ospedaleniguarda.it (SS); a.bardelli@unito.it (AB)

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation The Falck Division of Medical Oncology, Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ASB FDN MF AB SS. Performed the experiments: FDN FM MM LM SL SV. Analyzed the data: ASB FDN MN MM TC GM SV MF AB SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SDD PS SV MF AB SS. Wrote the paper: ASB FDN MF AB SS.