About the Authors

Patrick T. Hennessey

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Michael F. Ochs

Affiliations Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Wojciech W. Mydlarz

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Wayne Hsueh

Affiliation Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Leslie Cope

Affiliations Department of Oncology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Wayne Yu

Affiliation Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Joseph A. Califano

jcalifa@jhmi.edu

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Milton J. Dance Head and Neck Center, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Califano is the Director of Research of the Milton J. Dance Head and Neck Endowment. The terms of this arrangement are being managed by the Johns Hopkins University in accordance with its conflict of interest policies.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PTH MFO JAC. Performed the experiments: PTH WWM WH WY. Analyzed the data: PTH MFO WY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PTH MFO LC JAC. Wrote the paper: PTH MFO.