About the Authors

Balraj Singh

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Karen Tai

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Simran Madan

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Milan R. Raythatha

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Amanda M. Cady

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Megan Braunlin

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

LaTashia R. Irving

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ankur Bajaj

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Anthony Lucci

alucci@mdanderson.org

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

HostGator, a Web hosting commercial business, made a donation to support Dr. Anthony Lucci's studies on breast cancer metastasis. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BS AL. Performed the experiments: BS KT SM MRR AMC MB LRI AB. Analyzed the data: BS KT SM MRR AMC MB LRI AL. Wrote the paper: BS AL. Commented on the manuscript: BS KT SM MRR AMC MB LRI AB AL.