About the Authors

Sveinung W. Sorbye

sveinung.sorbye@unn.no

Affiliations Department of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway

Thomas Kilvaer

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway

Andrej Valkov

Affiliations Department of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway

Tom Donnem

Affiliations Department of Oncology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway

Eivind Smeland

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway

Khalid Al-Shibli

Affiliations Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway, Department of Pathology, Nordland Central Hospital, Bodo, Norway

Roy M. Bremnes

Affiliations Department of Oncology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway

Lill-Tove Busund

Affiliations Department of Clinical Pathology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromso, Norway, Institute of Medical Biology, University of Tromso, Tromso, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SWS TK AV TD RMB LTB. Performed the experiments: SWS TK AV. Analyzed the data: SWS TK AV TD RMB LTB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SWS TK AV TD ES KAS LTB. Wrote the paper: SWS TD ES KAS RMB LTB.