About the Authors

Cai Xu

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Cairxu@gmail.com

Affiliations Division of Internal Medicine, Section of Patient Centered Analytics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America, MD Anderson Center for INSPiRED Cancer Care (Integrated Systems for Patient-Reported Data), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

Peiyi Lu

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Resources, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States of America

André Pfob

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations MD Anderson Center for INSPiRED Cancer Care (Integrated Systems for Patient-Reported Data), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Andrea L. Pusic

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Patient-Reported Outcome Value & Experience (PROVE) Center, Harvard Medical School & Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, United States of America

Jennifer B. Hamill

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation The Department of Surgery, Section of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

Chris Sidey-Gibbons

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Internal Medicine, Section of Patient Centered Analytics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America, MD Anderson Center for INSPiRED Cancer Care (Integrated Systems for Patient-Reported Data), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States of America

Competing Interests

Cai Xu No relationship to disclose. Peiyi Lu No relationship to disclose. André Pfob No relationship to disclose. Andrea L. Pusic Patents, Royalties, Other Intellectual Property: I am a codeveloper of BREAST-Q and receive royalty payments when it is used in for-profit industry-sponsored trials. Jennifer B Hamill No relationship to disclose. Chris Sidey-Gibbons No relationship to disclose. Our competing interests statement does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.