About the Authors

Showket Hussain

Affiliation Division of Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry, Institute of Cytology & Preventive Oncology (ICMR), Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Vilas Nasare

Affiliation Division of Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry, Institute of Cytology & Preventive Oncology (ICMR), Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Malasha Kumari

Affiliation Division of Clinical Oncology, Institute of Cytology & Preventive Oncology (ICMR), Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Shashi Sharma

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics & Epidemiology, Institute of Cytology & Preventive Oncology (ICMR), Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Mohammad Aijaz Khan

bharadwajm@icmr.org.in (MB); madrkhan@gmail.com (MAK)

Affiliation Division of Behaviour Oncology, Institute of Cytology & Preventive Oncology (ICMR), Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Bhudev C. Das

Affiliation Division of Molecular Oncology, Institute of Cytology & Preventive Oncology (ICMR), Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Mausumi Bharadwaj

bharadwajm@icmr.org.in (MB); madrkhan@gmail.com (MAK)

Affiliation Division of Molecular Genetics & Biochemistry, Institute of Cytology & Preventive Oncology (ICMR), Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH VN. Wrote the paper: SH MAK MB. Supervision of the study: MB. Collection of data: VN MK. Compilation of data: VN. Statistical analysis: SS SH. Interpretation of data: SH. Critical revision of the manuscript: BCD.