About the Authors

Danielle Mercatante Carrick

Danielle.Carrick@nih.gov

Affiliation Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS), National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, United States of America

Michele G. Mehaffey

Affiliation Molecular Characterization and Clinical Assay Development Laboratory, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc. and Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD 21702, United States of America

Michael C. Sachs

Affiliation Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD), National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, United States of America

Sean Altekruse

Affiliation Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS), National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, United States of America

Corinne Camalier

Affiliation Molecular Characterization and Clinical Assay Development Laboratory, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc. and Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD 21702, United States of America

Rodrigo Chuaqui

Affiliation Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD), National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, United States of America

Wendy Cozen

Affiliation USC Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, 1441 Eastlake Ave. NOR 4451A, 9175 Los Angeles, CA 90089–9175, United States of America

Biswajit Das

Affiliation Molecular Characterization and Clinical Assay Development Laboratory, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc. and Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD 21702, United States of America

Brenda Y. Hernandez

Affiliation University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii, 701 Ilalo Street Honolulu, HI 96813, United States of America

Chih-Jian Lih

Affiliation Molecular Characterization and Clinical Assay Development Laboratory, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc. and Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD 21702, United States of America

Charles F. Lynch

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, 145 North Riverside Dr., The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, United States of America

Hala Makhlouf

Affiliation Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD), National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, United States of America

Paul McGregor

Affiliation Molecular Characterization and Clinical Assay Development Laboratory, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc. and Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD 21702, United States of America

Lisa M. McShane

Affiliation Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD), National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, United States of America

JoyAnn Phillips Rohan

Affiliation Molecular Characterization and Clinical Assay Development Laboratory, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc. and Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD 21702, United States of America

William D. Walsh

Affiliation Molecular Characterization and Clinical Assay Development Laboratory, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc. and Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD 21702, United States of America

Paul M. Williams

Affiliation Molecular Characterization and Clinical Assay Development Laboratory, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc. and Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, MD 21702, United States of America

Elizabeth M. Gillanders

Affiliation Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS), National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, United States of America

Leah E. Mechanic

Affiliation Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS), National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, United States of America

Sheri D. Schully

Affiliation Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences (DCCPS), National Cancer Institute, 9609 Medical Center Drive, Rockville, MD 20850, United States of America

Competing Interests

Leidos Biomedical Research Inc. provided support in the form of salaries for authors MM, CC, BD, CJL, PM, JPR, WW and PMW. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DMC MM SA WC BYH CFL LMM PMW EMG LEM SDS. Performed the experiments: MM CC BD CJL PM JPR WW PMW. Analyzed the data: DMC MM MCS SA CC RC WC BD BYH CJL CFL HM PM LMM JPR WW PMW EMG LEM SDS. Wrote the paper: DMC MM MCS SA CC RC WC BD BYH CJL CFL HM PM LMM JPR WW PMW EMG LEM SDS. Statistical analyses: MCS LMM. Pathology review: RC HM.