About the Authors

Gordon M. Cann

Contributed equally to this work with: Gordon M. Cann, Zulfiqar G. Gulzar

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Research, Illumina, Inc., Hayward, California, United States of America

Zulfiqar G. Gulzar

Contributed equally to this work with: Gordon M. Cann, Zulfiqar G. Gulzar

Affiliation Department of Urology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, United States of America

Samantha Cooper

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Research, Illumina, Inc., Hayward, California, United States of America

Robin Li

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Research, Illumina, Inc., Hayward, California, United States of America

Shujun Luo

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Research, Illumina, Inc., Hayward, California, United States of America

Mai Tat

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Research, Illumina, Inc., Hayward, California, United States of America

Sarah Stuart

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Research, Illumina, Inc., Hayward, California, United States of America

Gary Schroth

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Research, Illumina, Inc., Hayward, California, United States of America

Sandhya Srinivas

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Oncology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, United States of America

Mostafa Ronaghi

mronaghi@illumina.com (MR); jdbrooks@stanford.edu (JDB); atalasaz@gmail.com (AHT)

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Research, Illumina, Inc., Hayward, California, United States of America

James D. Brooks

mronaghi@illumina.com (MR); jdbrooks@stanford.edu (JDB); atalasaz@gmail.com (AHT)

Affiliation Department of Urology, Stanford University Medical Center, Stanford, California, United States of America

AmirAli H. Talasaz

mronaghi@illumina.com (MR); jdbrooks@stanford.edu (JDB); atalasaz@gmail.com (AHT)

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Research, Illumina, Inc., Hayward, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: GMC, SC, RL, SL, MT, SS, GS, MR, and AT are currently employed by Illumina. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AT JDB GMC ZGG. Performed the experiments: GMC ZGG RL SL MT SS. Analyzed the data: SC AT GMC ZGG MR JDB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GS SS JDB AT. Wrote the paper: GMC AT ZGG JDB.