About the Authors
- Timothy A Chan
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¤ Current address: Human Oncology and Pathogenesis Program and Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America
Affiliations Cancer Biology Program, The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America , Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Sabine Glockner
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Affiliations Cancer Biology Program, The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America , Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Joo Mi Yi
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Affiliation Cancer Biology Program, The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Wei Chen
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Affiliations Cancer Biology Program, The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America , Predoctoral Training Program in Human Genetics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Leander Van Neste
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium
- Leslie Cope
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Affiliation Biometry and Clinical Trials Division, The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- James G Herman
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Affiliation Cancer Biology Program, The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Victor Velculescu
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Affiliations Ludwig Center for Cancer Genetics and Therapeutics, The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America , Howard Hughes Medical Institute at The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Kornel E Schuebel
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: sbaylin@jhmi.edu (SBB); kornels@jhmi.edu (KES); nahuja@jhmi.ed (NA)
Affiliation Cancer Biology Program, The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Nita Ahuja
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: sbaylin@jhmi.edu (SBB); kornels@jhmi.edu (KES); nahuja@jhmi.ed (NA)
Affiliations Cancer Biology Program, The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America , Department of Surgery, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Stephen B Baylin
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: sbaylin@jhmi.edu (SBB); kornels@jhmi.edu (KES); nahuja@jhmi.ed (NA)
Affiliations Cancer Biology Program, The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America , Predoctoral Training Program in Human Genetics, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
TAC and SBB designed the study. TAC and SG performed the experiments for the study. TAC, VV, KES, and SBB analyzed the data and interpreted the results. TAC, WC, LVN, LC, and JGH contributed bioinformatics and statistical analysis to the research effort. TAC and SBB wrote the manuscript. NA enrolled patients and helped analyze the clinical outcomes data. JMY performed a portion of the bisulfite sequencing analysis of the common target.