About the Authors

Takeshi Azuma

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Gefeng Zhu

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Haiying Xu

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

A. Cecilia Rietz

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Charles G. Drake

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Eric L. Matteson

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Lieping Chen

lchen42@jhmi.edu

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: TA GZ HX ACR CD EM LC. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: TA GZ HX ACR CD EM LC. Designed the experiments/the study: TA CD LC. Analyzed the data: TA GZ HX ACR LC. Collected data/did experiments for the study: HX ACR CD LC. Enrolled patients: EM. Wrote the first draft of the paper: TA LC. Contributed to the writing of the paper: TA EM LC.