About the Authors

Nam P. Nguyen

NamPhong.Nguyen@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Misty Ceizyk

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Jacqueline Vock

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Lindenhofspital, Bern, Switzerland

Paul Vos

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, United States of America

Alexander Chi

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University of West Virginia, Morgantown, West Virginia, United States of America

Vincent Vinh-Hung

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Judy Pugh

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Rihan Khan

Affiliation Department of Radiology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Christina Truong

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Gabby Albala

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Angela Locke

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Ulf Karlsson

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America

Steve Gelumbauskas

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Lexie Smith-Raymond

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NPN MC JV PV AC VV JP RK CT GA AL UK SG LSR. Performed the experiments: NPN MC LSR SG. Analyzed the data: NPN MC JV PV AC VV JP RK CT GA AL UK SG LSR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AL UK. Wrote the paper: NPN MC JV PV AC VV JP RK CT GA AL UK SG LSR. Literature search: UK PV AC VV. Statistical analysis: PV.