About the Authors

Donald A. Berry

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Berry Consultants LLC, Austin, Texas, United States of America, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center of the University of Texas, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Andrew Ip

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Andrew.Ip@hmhn.org

Affiliations Division of Outcomes and Value Research, John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States of America, John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States of America, Hackensack Meridian Health School of Medicine, Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America

Brett E. Lewis

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States of America, Hackensack Meridian Health School of Medicine, Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America

Scott M. Berry

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Berry Consultants LLC, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Nicholas S. Berry

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Berry Consultants LLC, Austin, Texas, United States of America

Mary MrKulic

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States of America

Virginia Gadalla

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States of America

Burcu Sat

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States of America

Kristen Wright

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States of America

Michelle Serna

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States of America

Rashmi Unawane

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States of America

Katerina Trpeski

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States of America

Michael Koropsak

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States of America

Puneet Kaur

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States of America

Zachary Sica

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States of America

Andrew McConnell

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States of America

Urszula Bednarz

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States of America

Michael Marafelias

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States of America

Andre H. Goy

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States of America, Hackensack Meridian Health School of Medicine, Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America

Andrew L. Pecora

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States of America, Hackensack Meridian Health School of Medicine, Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America

Ihor S. Sawczuk

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Hackensack Meridian Health School of Medicine, Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America, Hackensack Meridian Health, Edison, New Jersey, United States of America

Stuart L. Goldberg

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Outcomes and Value Research, John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States of America, John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey, United States of America, Hackensack Meridian Health School of Medicine, Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors declare no conflicts of interest. Authors DAB and SMB are co-owners and NSB is an employee of Berry Consultants, LLC, a company that designs and analyses clinical trials for pharmaceutical and medical device companies, NIH cooperative groups, patient advocacy groups, and international consortia. Berry Consultants received no funding related to this project. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.