About the Authors

Nidhi Gera

Contributed equally to this work with: Nidhi Gera, Aaron Yang

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Aaron Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Nidhi Gera, Aaron Yang

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Division of Neuro-Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Talia S. Holtzman

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Division of Neuro-Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sze Xian Lee

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Division of Neuro-Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Eric T. Wong

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Division of Neuro-Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kenneth D. Swanson

kswanson@bidmc.harvard.edu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Division of Neuro-Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

K. D. S. and E. T. W. received funding from NovoCure Inc., in the form of an unrestricted grant and travel expenses for training on the use of the equipment used in this study. E. T. W. was also one of the physicians who presented clinical trial data to an FDA panel in February 2011, prior to approval of the device. All research presented was conducted independently of the company, therefore these interactions do not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NG AY KDS. Performed the experiments: TSH SL NG AY KDS. Analyzed the data: TSH SL NG AY KDS. Wrote the paper: TSH SL NG AY KDS ETW.