About the Authors

Yijiang Shi

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Hematology-Oncology, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Patrick Frost

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Hematology-Oncology, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Bao Hoang

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Hematology-Oncology, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Yonghui Yang

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Hematology-Oncology, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Carolyne Bardeleben

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Hematology-Oncology, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Joseph Gera

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Hematology-Oncology, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Alan Lichtenstein

alan.lichtenstein@med.va.gov

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Hematology-Oncology, Greater Los Angeles VA Healthcare Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PF BH CB JG AL. Performed the experiments: YS YY. Analyzed the data: YS PF CB JG AL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PF YY. Wrote the paper: AL.