About the Authors

Alan Yan

Affiliation The Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Tomer Avraham

Affiliation The Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Jamie C. Zampell

Affiliation The Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Seth Z. Aschen

Affiliation The Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Babak J. Mehrara

mehrarab@mskcc.org

Affiliation The Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BJM. Performed the experiments: BJM AY TA JCZ SZA. Analyzed the data: BJM AY TA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BJM. Wrote the paper: AY TA BJM.