About the Authors

Arti Yadav

Affiliation The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States of America

Bhavna Kumar

Affiliations The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States of America

Jun-Ge Yu

Affiliation The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States of America

Matthew Old

Affiliations The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States of America

Theodoros N. Teknos

Affiliations The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States of America

Pawan Kumar

Pawan.Kumar@osumc.edu

Affiliations The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 43210, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PK. Performed the experiments: AY BK JGY PK. Analyzed the data: AY PK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MO TNT. Wrote the paper: PK AY BK.