About the Authors

Fan Fan

Contributed equally to this work with: Fan Fan, Susmita Ghosh

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Susmita Ghosh

Contributed equally to this work with: Fan Fan, Susmita Ghosh

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Reid Powell

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Jason Roszik

Roles Formal analysis, Visualization

Affiliation Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Yongsun Park

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Mary Sobieski

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Alexey Sorokin

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Clifford Stephan

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Center for Translational Cancer Research, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Scott Kopetz

Roles Methodology, Resources

Affiliation Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Lee M. Ellis

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Molecular and Cellular Oncology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Rajat Bhattacharya

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

rbhattacharya@mdanderson.org

Affiliation Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas M D Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following competing interests: LME is on the Data Monitoring Committee for FibroGen and New Beta Innovations, is a consultant for Oncohost, and has received payments from Fibrogen for his services. SK has ownership interest in MolecularMatch, Lutris, and Iylon. SK is a consultant for Genentech, EMD Serono, Merck, Holy Stone, Novartis, Lilly, Boehringer Ingelheim, Boston Biomedical, AstraZeneca/MedImmune, Bayer Health, Pierre Fabre, Redx Pharma, Ipsen, Daiichi Sankyo, Natera, HalioDx, Lutris, Jacobio, Pfizer, Repare Therapeutics, Inivata, GlaxoSmithKline, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Iylon, Xilis, Abbvie, Amal Therapeutics, Gilead Sciences, Mirati Therapeutics, Flame Biosciences, Servier, Carina Biotechnology, Bicara Therapeutics, Endeavor BioMedicines, Numab Pharma, and Johnson & Johnson/Janssen, and has received payments for his services from these companies. SK has also received research funding from Sanofi, Biocartis, Guardant Health, Array BioPharma, Genentech/Roche, EMD Serono, MedImmune, Novartis, Amgen, Lilly, and Daiichi Sankyo. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare.