About the Authors

Michael P. Chu

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Jessica Lieffers

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Sunita Ghosh

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Andrew R. Belch

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Neil S. Chua

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Amelie Fontaine

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Randeep Sangha

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

A. Robert Turner

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Vickie E. Baracos

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Michael B. Sawyer

michael.sawyer@albertahealthservices.ca

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Cross Cancer Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MPC AB VB MBS. Performed the experiments: MPC JL. Analyzed the data: MPC VB MBS SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG. Wrote the paper: MPC AF NS RS ART.