About the Authors

Nirmish Shah

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America

Menaka Bhor

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation US Oncology HEOR, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, United States of America

Lin Xie

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

lxie@statinmed.com

Affiliation Health Economics and Outcomes Research, STATinMED Research, Ann Arbor, MI, United States of America

Jincy Paulose

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation US Oncology Medical, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ, United States of America

Huseyin Yuce

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, New York City College of Technology–CUNY, New York, NY, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: This study was funded by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation which is a commercial company. The funder provided support in the form of salaries for authors JP and MB. The funders also provided consultation fees to STATinMED Research, employer of LX, which is a paid consultant in connection with this study and the development of this manuscript. The funder provided support to NS in the form of research funding, consultant fees, and speaker’s fees. HY has nothing to disclose. However, the funder did not have any additional role in the study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. There are no patents, products in development, or marketed products associated with this research to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.