About the Authors

Nathan L. Vanderford

nathan.vanderford@uky.edu

Affiliations Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Business Division, Midway College, Midway, Kentucky, United States of America

L. Todd Weiss

Affiliation Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Heidi L. Weiss

Affiliations Markey Cancer Center, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NLV LTW HLW. Performed the experiments: NLV. Analyzed the data: NLV LTW HLW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NLV LTW. Wrote the paper: NLV LTW HLW.