About the Authors
- Ram Bhupal Reddy
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Affiliations Integrated Head and Neck Oncology Program, Mazumdar Shaw Centre for Translational Research, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Narayana Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Head and Neck Oncology, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Narayana Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Division of Medical Biotechnology, School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
- Anupama Rajan Bhat
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Affiliation Strand Life Sciences, Kirloskar Business Park, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Bonney Lee James
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Affiliations Integrated Head and Neck Oncology Program, Mazumdar Shaw Centre for Translational Research, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Narayana Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Head and Neck Oncology, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Narayana Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Sindhu Valiyaveedan Govindan
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Affiliation Head and Neck Oncology, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Narayana Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Rohit Mathew
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Affiliation Integrated Head and Neck Oncology Program, Mazumdar Shaw Centre for Translational Research, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Narayana Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Ravindra DR
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Affiliations Integrated Head and Neck Oncology Program, Mazumdar Shaw Centre for Translational Research, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Narayana Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Head and Neck Oncology, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Narayana Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Naveen Hedne
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Affiliation Head and Neck Oncology, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Narayana Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Jeyaram Illiayaraja
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Narayana Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Vikram Kekatpure
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Affiliation Head and Neck Oncology, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Narayana Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Samanta S. Khora
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Affiliation Division of Medical Biotechnology, School of Biosciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India
- Wesley Hicks
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Affiliations Department of Head and Neck/Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre-Roswell Park Collaboration Program, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- Pramila Tata
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Affiliation Strand Life Sciences, Kirloskar Business Park, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
- Moni A. Kuriakose
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Affiliations Integrated Head and Neck Oncology Program, Mazumdar Shaw Centre for Translational Research, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Narayana Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Head and Neck Oncology, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Narayana Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre-Roswell Park Collaboration Program, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America
- Amritha Suresh
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* E-mail: amritha.suresh@ms-mf.org
Affiliations Integrated Head and Neck Oncology Program, Mazumdar Shaw Centre for Translational Research, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Narayana Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Head and Neck Oncology, Mazumdar Shaw Medical Centre, Narayana Health, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Competing Interests
Two of the authors are affiliated with the commercial company Strand Life Sciences. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE polices on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AS ARB PT RBR MAK. Performed the experiments: RBR BLJ SVG RM RDR. Analyzed the data: AS RBR ARB JI PT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS MAK. Wrote the paper: RBR VK SSK NH WH MAK AS. Clinical procedures and investigations, review, follow up: NH VK MAK. Statistical Analysis: JI RBR AS.