1Department of Research, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy
2Laboratory of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology,“Giulio A. Maccacaro”, Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Via Vanzetti 5, 20133 Milan, Italy
3Regional Center for Biomarkers, Department of Clinical Pathology and Transfusion Medicine, Azienda ULSS3 Serenissima, Regional Hospital, Campo SS Giovanni e Paolo 6777, 30122 Venice, Italy
4Breast Surgery Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy
5Department of Diagnostic Pathology and Laboratory, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy
6Breast Cancer Translational Research Laboratory, J. C. Heuson, Institut Jules Bordet, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 121 Boulevard de Waterloo, 1000, Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
7Unit of Medical Statistics, Biometry and Bioinformatics, Campus Cascina Rosa, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale Tumori, Via Vanzetti 5, 20133 Milan, Italy
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