About the Authors
- George Fountzilas
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* E-mail: fountzil@auth.gr
Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, “Papageorgiou” Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Urania Dafni
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Affiliation Laboratory of Biostatistics, University of Athens School of Nursing, Athens, Greece
- Mattheos Bobos
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Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Anna Batistatou
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Ioannina University Hospital, Ioannina, Greece
- Vassiliki Kotoula
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Helen Trihia
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Metaxas Cancer Hospital, Piraeus, Greece
- Vassiliki Malamou-Mitsi
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Ioannina University Hospital, Ioannina, Greece
- Spyros Miliaras
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Affiliation First Department of Surgery, “Papageorgiou” Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Sofia Chrisafi
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Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Savvas Papadopoulos
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, “Hygeia” Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Maria Sotiropoulou
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, “Alexandra” Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Theodoros Filippidis
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Affiliation “Micromedica” Histopathology Laboratory, Athens, Greece
- Helen Gogas
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Affiliation First Department of Medicine, “Laiko” General Hospital, University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
- Triantafyllia Koletsa
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Dimitrios Bafaloukos
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Affiliation First Department of Medical Oncology, “Metropolitan” Hospital, Piraeus, Greece
- Despina Televantou
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Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Hellenic Foundation for Cancer Research, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Konstantine T. Kalogeras
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Affiliation Translational Research Section, Hellenic Cooperative Oncology Group, Data Office, Athens, Greece
- Dimitrios Pectasides
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Affiliation Second Department of Internal Medicine, Oncology Section, “Hippokration” Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Dimosthenis V. Skarlos
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Affiliation Second Department of Medical Oncology, “Metropolitan” Hospital, Piraeus, Greece
- Angelos Koutras
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Affiliation Division of Oncology, Department of Medicine, University Hospital, University of Patras School of Medicine, Patras, Greece
- Meletios A. Dimopoulos
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Therapeutics, “Alexandra” Hospital, University of Athens School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
Competing Interests
TF is an employee in “Micromedica” Histopathology Laboratory, Athens, Greece. This does not alter the authors‘ adherence to all PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The remaining authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GF UD MB VK HG DB DP MAD. Performed the experiments: MB AB VK HT VMM SC SP MS TF TK DT. Analyzed the data: UD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GF AB HT VMM SM SP MS TF HG DB DP DVS AK MAD. Wrote the paper: GF UD MB VK KTK MAD. Data interpretation: GF UD AB MB VK HT VMM SP MS TF TK DT KTK. Collection and assembly of data: MB SC DT.