About the Authors

Sarah E. Hegarty

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics, Kimmel Cancer Center & Jefferson Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Terry Hyslop

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics & Bioinformatics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Adam P. Dicker

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Jefferson Medical College and Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Timothy N. Showalter

tns3b@virginia.edu

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SEH TH APD TNS. Performed the experiments: SEH TH TNS. Analyzed the data: SEH TH TNS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TNS TH. Wrote the paper: SEH TH APD TNS.