About the Authors
- Nidhi Gera
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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
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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
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Division of Neuro-Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Sze Xian Lee
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Division of Neuro-Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Eric T. Wong
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Affiliation Department of Neurology, Division of Neuro-Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Kenneth D. Swanson
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* E-mail: 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.