About the Authors

Alper Y. Kearney

Affiliation Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

You-Hong Fan

Affiliation Department of Thoracic & Head and Neck Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Uma Giri

Affiliation Department of Thoracic & Head and Neck Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Babita Saigal

Affiliation Department of Thoracic & Head and Neck Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Varsha Gandhi

Affiliation Department of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

John V. Heymach

Affiliation Department of Thoracic & Head and Neck Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Amado J. Zurita

azurita@mdanderson.org

Affiliation Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, Division of Cancer Medicine, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AYK JVH AJZ. Performed the experiments: AYK YF UG. Analyzed the data: AYK AJZ BS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AJZ JVH. Wrote the paper: AYK VG AJZ.