About the Authors

Michael L. Blute Jr.

Affiliation Department of Urology University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Highland Ave, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Nathan Damaschke

Affiliation Department of Urology University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Highland Ave, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Jennifer Wagner

Affiliation Department of Urology University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Highland Ave, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Bing Yang

Affiliation Department of Urology University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Highland Ave, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Martin Gleave

Affiliation Vancouver Prostate Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Ladan Fazli

Affiliation Vancouver Prostate Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

Fangfang Shi

Affiliation Department of Urology University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Highland Ave, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

E. Jason Abel

Affiliations Department of Urology University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Highland Ave, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, University of Wisconsin Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, Highland Ave, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Tracy M. Downs

Affiliations Department of Urology University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Highland Ave, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, University of Wisconsin Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, Highland Ave, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Wei Huang

Affiliations University of Wisconsin Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, Highland Ave, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Department of Pathology University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Highland Ave, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

David F. Jarrard

jarrard@urology.wisc.edu

Current address: Wisconsin Institutes of Medical Research, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Affiliations Department of Urology University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Highland Ave, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, University of Wisconsin Carbone Comprehensive Cancer Center, Highland Ave, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America, Environmental and Molecular Toxicology, University of Wisconsin, University Ave Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: MLB BY DFJ. Data curation: MLB ND BY WH DFJ. Formal analysis: MLB ND JW BY MG WH DFJ. Funding acquisition: MLB ND DFJ. Investigation: MLB ND JW BY MG LF FS WH DFJ. Methodology: MLB BY ND DFJ. Project administration: BY DFJ. Resources: MLB ND JW BY MG LF FS EJA TMD WH DFJ. Supervision: BY DFJ. Validation: BY DFJ. Visualization: MLB ND DFJ. Writing – original draft: MLB ND JW BY DFJ. Writing – review & editing: MLB ND JW BY MG LF FS EJA TMD WH DFJ.