About the Authors

Hui-Kuo G. Shu

hgshu@emory.edu (HGS); hshim@emory.edu (HS)

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Younghyoun Yoon

Affiliation Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Samuel Hong

Affiliation Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Kaiming Xu

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Huiying Gao

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Chunhai Hao

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Edilson Torres-Gonzalez

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Cardenes Nayra

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Mauricio Rojas

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Hyunsuk Shim

hgshu@emory.edu (HGS); hshim@emory.edu (HS)

Affiliations Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HGS MR HS. Performed the experiments: HGS YY SH KX HG ETG CN MR. Analyzed the data: HGS YY SH MR HS CH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HGS MR HS. Wrote the manuscript: HGS HS.