About the Authors

Yulan Cheng

Affiliation Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ana P. Kiess

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Joseph M. Herman

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland

Martin G. Pomper

Affiliation Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Stephen J. Meltzer

smeltzer@jhmi.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

John M. Abraham

Affiliation Department of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YC APK JMH MGP SJM JMA. Performed the experiments: YC APK JMA. Analyzed the data: YC APK JMH MGP SJM JMA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YC APK MGP SJM JMA. Wrote the paper: YC APK JMH MGP SJM JMA.