About the Authors

Mozaffarul Islam

Mozaffarul.Islam@osumc.edu

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Smita Sharma

Affiliation Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Theodoros N. Teknos

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MI. Performed the experiments: MI SS. Analyzed the data: MI SS. Wrote the paper: MI TNT.