About the Authors

Jan Blancato

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Ashley Graves

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Banafsheh Rashidi

Current address: Affiliated Pathologists Medical Group, Torrance, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Maria Moroni

Affiliation Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Leopold Tchobe

Affiliations Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D. C., United States of America, University of the District of Columbia/Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center Partnership, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Metin Ozdemirli

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Bhaskar Kallakury

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Kepher H. Makambi

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Catalin Marian

Affiliations Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Biochemistry Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, “Victor Babes”, Timisoara, Romania

Susette C. Mueller

muellers@georgetown.edu

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, D. C., United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB SCM. Performed the experiments: JB AG BR MM LT MO BK SCM. Analyzed the data: JB KHM CM SCM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB BK SCM. Wrote the paper: JB BK CM SCM.