About the Authors

Chiu-Hsieh Hsu

phsu@azcc.arizona.edu

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America, University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Yisheng Li

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, University of Texas, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Qi Long

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Qiuhong Zhao

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Peter Lance

Affiliation University of Arizona Cancer Center, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: C-HH PL. Performed the experiments: C-HH YL QL QZ PL. Analyzed the data: C-HH YL QL QZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: C-HH YL QL QZ PL. Wrote the paper: C-HH YL QL QZ. Provided constructive feedback for the paper: PL.