About the Authors

Zhengjia Chen

zchen38@emory.edu

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Zheng Li

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Run Zhuang

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ying Yuan

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

Michael Kutner

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Taofeek Owonikoko

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Walter J. Curran

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jeanne Kowalski

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics Shared Resource, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: ZC YY MK TO WJC JK. Data curation: ZC ZL RZ TO. Formal analysis: ZC ZL RZ. Funding acquisition: ZC MK TO WJC JK. Investigation: ZC YY MK TO WJC JK. Methodology: ZC YY MK JK. Project administration: ZC MK TO WJC JK. Resources: ZC MK TO WJC JK. Software: ZC ZL RZ. Supervision: ZC MK TO WJC JK. Validation: ZC ZL RZ. Visualization: ZC ZL MK TO WJC JK. Writing – original draft: ZC ZL RZ YY MK TO WJC JK. Writing – review & editing: ZC ZL RZ YY MK TO WJC JK.