About the Authors

Yadav Sapkota

Affiliations Cross Cancer Institute, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

John R. Mackey

Affiliations Cross Cancer Institute, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Raymond Lai

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Conrado Franco-Villalobos

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Sasha Lupichuk

Affiliations Department of Oncology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Paula J. Robson

Affiliations Department of Agricultural, Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Alberta Health Services – Cancer Care, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Karen Kopciuk

Affiliations Department of Oncology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Carol E. Cass

Affiliations Cross Cancer Institute, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Yutaka Yasui

Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Sambasivarao Damaraju

Sambasivarao.Damaraju@albertahealthservices.ca

Affiliations Cross Cancer Institute, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SD YY YS. Performed the experiments: YS SD. Analyzed the data: YS YY CFV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SD YS CEC JRM SL YY KK PJR CFV RL. Wrote the paper: YS SD YY CFV. Provided constructive suggestions and editorial corrections: RL JRM CEC KK SL CEC. Provided oncology expertise: JRM RL.