About the Authors
- Otto Metzger-Filho
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Affiliation Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
- Aurélie Catteau
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Affiliation Ipsogen, SA, Marseille, France
- Stefan Michiels
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Affiliation Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
- Marc Buyse
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Affiliation International Drug Development Institute, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
- Michail Ignatiadis
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Affiliation Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
- Kamal S. Saini
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Affiliation Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
- Evandro de Azambuja
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Affiliation Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
- Virginie Fasolo
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Affiliation Ipsogen, SA, Marseille, France
- Sihem Naji
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Affiliation Ipsogen, SA, Marseille, France
- Jean Luc Canon
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Affiliation Grand Hôpital de Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium
- Paul Delrée
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Affiliation Grand Hôpital de Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium
- Michel Coibion
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Affiliation Clinique Saint-Vincent, Rocourt, Belgium
- Pino Cusumano
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Affiliation CH St Joseph, Liège, Belgium
- Veronique Jossa
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Affiliation CH St Joseph, Liège, Belgium
- Jean Pierre Kains
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Affiliation Hôpitaux Iris-Sud, Brussels, Belgium
- Denis Larsimont
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Affiliations Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, Hôpitaux Iris-Sud, Brussels, Belgium
- Vincent Richard
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Affiliation CHU Ambroise Paré, Mons, Belgium
- Daniel Faverly
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Affiliation CHU Ambroise Paré, Mons, Belgium
- Nathalie Cornez
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Affiliation CHU Tivoli, La Louvière, Belgium
- Peter Vuylsteke
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Affiliation Clinique et Maternité Sainte-Elizabeth, Liège, Belgium
- Brigitte Vanderschueren
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Affiliation RHMS - Clinique Louis Caty, Baudour, Belgium
- Hélène Peyro-Saint-Paul
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Affiliation Ipsogen, SA, Marseille, France
- Martine Piccart
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Affiliation Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
- Christos Sotiriou
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* E-mail: christos.sotiriou@bordet.be
Affiliation Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests. Ipsogen SA provided financial support for the conduct of this study and is the employer of Aurélie Catteau, Virginie Fasolo, Sihem Naji and Hélčne Peyro-Saint-Paul. Drs. Sotiriou and Piccart are co-inventors of patent and patent applications on the CGI owned by Universite Libre de Bruxelles and licensed to Ipsogen SA. Virginie Fasolo is co-inventor of patent applications jointly owned by Universite Libre de Bruxelles and Ipsoegn SA and licensed to Ipsogen SA. The name of the Patent is "METHODS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS, THE DETERMINATION OF THE GRADE OF A SOLID TUMOR AND THE PROGNOSIS OF A SUBJECT SUFFERING FROM CANCER". There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: OM MB MP CS. Performed the experiments: OM MB SM VF. Analyzed the data: OM SM MB MI MP CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OM AC SM MB MI KMS EA VF SN JLC PD MC PC VJ JPK DL VR DF NC PV BV HPSP MP CS. Wrote the manuscript: OM SM CS.