About the Authors

William W. Lockwood

wlockwood@bccrc.ca

Affiliation Department of Cancer Genetics and Developmental Biology, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Raj Chari

Affiliation Department of Cancer Genetics and Developmental Biology, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Bradley P. Coe

Affiliation Department of Cancer Genetics and Developmental Biology, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Kelsie L. Thu

Affiliation Department of Cancer Genetics and Developmental Biology, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Cathie Garnis

Affiliation Department of Cancer Genetics and Developmental Biology, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Chad A. Malloff

Affiliation Department of Cancer Genetics and Developmental Biology, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Jennifer Campbell

Affiliation Department of Cancer Genetics and Developmental Biology, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Ariane C. Williams

Affiliation Department of Cancer Genetics and Developmental Biology, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Dorothy Hwang

Affiliation Department of Cancer Imaging, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Chang-Qi Zhu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Applied Molecular Oncology, University Health Network - Princess Margaret Hospital and Ontario Cancer Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Timon P. H. Buys

Affiliation Department of Cancer Genetics and Developmental Biology, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

John Yee

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia

John C. English

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia

Calum MacAulay

Affiliation Department of Cancer Imaging, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Ming-Sound Tsao

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Applied Molecular Oncology, University Health Network - Princess Margaret Hospital and Ontario Cancer Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Adi F. Gazdar

Affiliation Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

John D. Minna

Affiliation Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology Research, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas

Stephen Lam

Affiliation Department of Cancer Imaging, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Wan L. Lam

Affiliation Department of Cancer Genetics and Developmental Biology, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: WWL RC BPC KLT CG CAM JC ACW DH CQZ TPB JY JCE CM MST AFG JDM SL WLL. Agree with the manuscript's results and conclusions: WWL RC BPC KLT CG CAM JC ACW DH CQZ TPB JY JCE CM MST AFG JDM SL WLL. Designed the experiments/the study: WWL KLT DH TPB WLL. Analyzed the data: WWL RC BPC KLT JC CQZ AFG WLL. Collected data/did experiments for the study: WWL KLT CG CAM JC ACW DH CQZ TPB JY JCE. Enrolled patients: JY SL. Wrote the first draft of the paper: WWL. Contributed to the writing of the paper: WWL RC BPC KLT JC ACW JY JCE CM AFG JDM SL WLL. Contributed tumor samples, review data, study results, and manuscript drafts/final version: MST. Contributed unique reagents and cell lines for the study, helped design the experiments, and analyzed the data: AFG. Provided lung cancer cell lines and immortalized normal human bronchial epithelial cell lines for key functional tests: JDM.