About the Authors

Yue Gu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Traver Hart

Roles Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Systems Biology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Luis Leon-Novelo

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Jshen8@mdanderson.org (JPS); Luis.G.LeonNovelo@uth.tmc.edu (LLN)

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Data Science, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

John Paul Shen

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Jshen8@mdanderson.org (JPS); Luis.G.LeonNovelo@uth.tmc.edu (LLN)

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: J.P. S. has consulting/stock ownership in Engine Biosciences and NaDeNo Nanoscience.