About the Authors

Jill M. Hamilton-Reeves

jhamilton-reeves@kumc.edu (JHR); pvanveldhuizen@kumc.edu (PV)

Affiliations Department of Dietetics and Nutrition, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America, Department of Urology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Snigdha Banerjee

Affiliations Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America, Cancer Research Unit, V.A. Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Sushanta K. Banerjee

Affiliations Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America, Cancer Research Unit, V.A. Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Jeffrey M. Holzbeierlein

Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

J. Brantley Thrasher

Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Suman Kambhampati

Affiliations Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America, Cancer Research Unit, V.A. Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

John Keighley

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Peter Van Veldhuizen

jhamilton-reeves@kumc.edu (JHR); pvanveldhuizen@kumc.edu (PV)

Affiliations Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America, Cancer Research Unit, V.A. Medical Center, Kansas City, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB SKB JMH JBT SK JK PV. Performed the experiments: SB SKB JMH JBT SK PV. Analyzed the data: JHR SB JK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHR SB SKB JMH JBT SK JK PV. Wrote the paper: JHR. Revising manuscript critically for important intellectual content and final approval of version to be submitted/published: SB SKB JMH JBT SK JK PV.