About the Authors

Balraj Singh

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, and Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Anna Shamsnia

Current address: Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, and Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Milan R. Raythatha

Current address: Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine, Bryan, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, and Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ryan D. Milligan

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, and Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Amanda M. Cady

Current address: UT Health Science Center School of Medicine, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, and Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Simran Madan

Current address: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, and Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Anthony Lucci

alucci@mdanderson.org

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, and Morgan Welch Inflammatory Breast Cancer Research Program and Clinic, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BS AL. Performed the experiments: BS AS MR RM AC SM. Analyzed the data: BS AS MR RM AC SM AL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BS AS MR RM AC SM AL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: BS AL.