About the Authors
- Tadeusz Majewski
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Philippe E. Spiess
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Current address: Department of Genitourinary Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, Florida, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Urology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Jolanta Bondaruk
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Peter Black
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Current address: Department of Urologic Sciences, University of British Columbia, and at Vancouver Prostate Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Affiliation Department of Urology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Charlotte Clarke
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Current address: Office of the Vice President for Translational Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
Affiliation Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc., Fremont, California, United States of America
- William Benedict
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Affiliation Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Colin P. Dinney
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Affiliation Department of Urology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Herbert Barton Grossman
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Affiliation Department of Urology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Kuang S. Tang
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics & Applied Math, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Bogdan Czerniak
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* E-mail: bczernia@mdanderson.org
Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
CC was originally an employee of Ciphergen Biosystems, Inc., Fremont, California at the time of the initial study related to this project. Currently, she is working in the Office of the Vice President for Translational Research at The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center. Her affiliation with Ciphergen does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BC. Performed the experiments: TM CC. Analyzed the data: TM PES JB PB KST BC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WB. Wrote the paper: TM BC. Provided clinical data: CPD HBG.