About the Authors

Manoj M. Pillai

Manoj.Pillai@UCDenver.edu

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Xiaodong Yang

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Ilango Balakrishnan

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Lynne Bemis

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Beverly Torok-Storb

Affiliation Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMP BTS. Performed the experiments: MMP XY IB. Analyzed the data: MMP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LB. Wrote the paper: MMP BTS.