About the Authors

Seth Johnson

Affiliations Radiation Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Biju Issac

Affiliation Division of Bioinformatics, Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Miami, Florida, United States of America

Shuping Zhao

Affiliations Radiation Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Mohit Bisht

Affiliation Radiation Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Orieta Celiku

Affiliation Radiation Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Philip Tofilon

Affiliation Radiation Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kevin Camphausen

Affiliation Radiation Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Uma Shankavaram

uma@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Radiation Oncology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

SJ and SZ are affiliated to SAIC, Frederick, Inc. Authors KC and PT are PLOS ONE Editorial Board members. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: US KC PT. Performed the experiments: SJ BI MB SZ OC. Analyzed the data: SJ BI SZ OC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJ BI OC MB. Wrote the paper: OC US.