About the Authors

Farshid Dayyani

Affiliation Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology and David H. Koch Center for Applied Research of Genitourinary Cancers, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Nila U. Parikh

Affiliation Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology and David H. Koch Center for Applied Research of Genitourinary Cancers, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Andreas S. Varkaris

Affiliation Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology and David H. Koch Center for Applied Research of Genitourinary Cancers, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jian H. Song

Affiliation Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology and David H. Koch Center for Applied Research of Genitourinary Cancers, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Shhyam Moorthy

Affiliation Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology and David H. Koch Center for Applied Research of Genitourinary Cancers, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Tanushree Chatterji

Affiliations Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology and David H. Koch Center for Applied Research of Genitourinary Cancers, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Program in Cancer Metastasis, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Sankar N. Maity

Affiliation Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology and David H. Koch Center for Applied Research of Genitourinary Cancers, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Adam R. Wolfe

Affiliation Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology and David H. Koch Center for Applied Research of Genitourinary Cancers, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Joan M. Carboni

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Candidate Organization, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Marco M. Gottardis

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Candidate Organization, Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Christopher J. Logothetis

Affiliation Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology and David H. Koch Center for Applied Research of Genitourinary Cancers, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Gary E. Gallick

ggallick@mdanderson.org

Affiliations Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology and David H. Koch Center for Applied Research of Genitourinary Cancers, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Program in Cancer Metastasis, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts. They declare that J.C. and M.G. are employed by Bristol-Myers Squibb. This does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FD GEG CJL SNM. Performed the experiments: FD NUP AV JHS SM TC ARW. Analyzed the data: FD GEG AV JHS CJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMC MMG. Wrote the paper: FD GEG.