About the Authors

Joshua Chang

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

Colin P. Dinney

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

Maosheng Huang

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

Xifeng Wu

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

Jian Gu

jiangu@mdanderson.org

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XW JG. Performed the experiments: JC. Analyzed the data: MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CPD XW. Wrote the paper: JC JG.