About the Authors

Kirthana Sharma

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ksharma@globalhealth.rutgers.edu

Affiliations Rutgers Global Health Institute, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Tina Mayer

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Sharon Li

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Rutgers Cancer Institute at University Hospital, New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Sadaf Qureshi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Faheem Farooq

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology, Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Peter Vuylsteke

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

Tlotlo Ralefala

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Princess Marina Hospital, Gaborone, Botswana

Richard Marlink

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Rutgers Global Health Institute, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

KS and RM receive funding from Bristol Myers Squibb. TM is receiving or has received funding from EMD Sereno, Exelixis, Blue Earth Diagnostics, Aptitude Health, Novartis, AstraZeneca, Impact Network, Sotio, Merck, Pfizer, Curium Pharma. PV is receiving or has received funding from Novartis, AstraZeneca, Lilly, Pfizer and Roche. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.