About the Authors

Kerri A. Nottage

kerri.nottage@stjude.org

Affiliation Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Jane S. Hankins

Affiliation Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Matthew Smeltzer

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Fawaz Mzayek

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Winfred C. Wang

Affiliation Department of Hematology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Banu Aygun

Affiliation Division of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation, Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, New Hyde Park, New York, United States of America

James G. Gurney

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of Memphis, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Cancer Control, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KN JH MS FM WW BA JG. Performed the experiments: KN MS. Analyzed the data: KN JH MS JG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KN JH MS FM JG. Wrote the paper: KN JG MS.