About the Authors

Anastasia C. Hepburn

Affiliation Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Rajan Veeratterapillay

Affiliation Department of Urology, Freeman Hospital, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Stuart C. Williamson

Affiliation Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Amira El-Sherif

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Neha Sahay

Affiliation Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Huw D. Thomas

Affiliation Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Alejandra Mantilla

Affiliation Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Robert S. Pickard

Affiliations Department of Urology, Freeman Hospital, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Institute of Cellular Medicine, Medical School, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Craig N. Robson

Affiliation Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Rakesh Heer

rakesh.heer@ncl.ac.uk

Affiliations Northern Institute for Cancer Research, Newcastle University, Framlington Place, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom, Department of Urology, Freeman Hospital, The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RH CNR. Performed the experiments: ACH SCW NS HDT. Analyzed the data: ACH RV SCW AE-S AM NS HDT RSP CNR RH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools:. Wrote the paper: ACH RH.