Reliable RNA-seq analysis from FFPE specimens as a means to accelerate cancer-related health disparities research

• Mitchell J. Frederick ,

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

  * E-mail: vlad.sandulache@bcm.edu (VCS); Mitchell.Frederick@bcm.edu (MJF)

  Affiliation Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Dannelys Perez-Bello,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Pedram Yadollahi,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Patricia Castro,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Pathology & Immunology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5286-8037

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• Alan Frederick,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Informagen, Wilmington, D.E., United States

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• Andrew Frederick,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Informagen, Wilmington, D.E., United States

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• Rashid A. Osman,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation - Department of Biological Sciences, Vanderbilt University College of Arts and Science, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0009-0007-4738-2025

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• Fonma Essien,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Imelda Yebra,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Ashley Hamlin,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Thomas J. Ow,

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

  Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, United States of America

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• Heath D. Skinner,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, UPMC Hilman Cancer Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Vlad C. Sandulache

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: vlad.sandulache@bcm.edu (VCS); Mitchell.Frederick@bcm.edu (MJF)

  Affiliations Bobby R. Alford Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, ENT Section, Operative CareLine, Michael E. DeBakey VAMC, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases, Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9205-385X

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