About the Authors
- Vonn Walter
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Affiliation Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Xiaoying Yin
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Affiliations Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Matthew D. Wilkerson
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Affiliation Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Christopher R. Cabanski
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Affiliations Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, The Genome Institute, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Ni Zhao
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Affiliations Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Ying Du
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Affiliation Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Mei Kim Ang
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Affiliations Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medical Oncology, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Michele C. Hayward
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Affiliation Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Ashley H. Salazar
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Affiliation Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Katherine A. Hoadley
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Affiliation Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Karen Fritchie
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
- Charles G. Sailey
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
- Mark C. Weissler
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- William W. Shockley
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Adam M. Zanation
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Trevor Hackman
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Leigh B. Thorne
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- William D. Funkhouser
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Kenneth L. Muldrew
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America
- Andrew F. Olshan
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Scott H. Randell
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Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Fred A. Wright
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Affiliations Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- Carol G. Shores
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America
- D. Neil Hayes
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* E-mail: hayes@med.unc.edu
Affiliations Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Nucleic acids extraction: XY. Provided guidance for computation biology and bioinformatics: MDW. Organized the clinical data: CRC, NZ, YD, MKA. Maintained the clinical database: MCH. Provided project management: MCH AHS. Helped with data acquisition: KAH. Extracted the samples: KF CGS MCW WWS AMZ TH KLM LBT WDF. Provided biological interpretation: SHR. Provided guidance with quality control procedures: FAW. Provided overall project leadership: DNH. Conceived and designed the experiments: DNH AFO. Analyzed the data: VW. Wrote the paper: VW DNH.