About the Authors

Christopher R. Cabanski

Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher R. Cabanski, Yuan Qi

Affiliation Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Yuan Qi

Contributed equally to this work with: Christopher R. Cabanski, Yuan Qi

Affiliation Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Xiaoying Yin

Affiliations Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Eric Bair

Affiliations School of Dentistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Michele C. Hayward

Affiliation Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Cheng Fan

Affiliation Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Jianying Li

Affiliation Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Matthew D. Wilkerson

Affiliation Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

J. S. Marron

Affiliations Department of Statistics and Operations Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Charles M. Perou

Affiliations Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Genetics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

D. Neil Hayes

hayes@med.unc.edu

Affiliations Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YQ MCH CMP DNH. Performed the experiments: XY. Analyzed the data: CRC YQ EB CF JL MDW JSM CMP DNH. Wrote the paper: CRC YQ MCH MDW JSM CMP DNH. Formulated the statistical method: DNH CRC JSM.