About the Authors

Liang Chen

Affiliation Division of Genomic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Colombia, United States of America

Youhuai Li

Affiliation Breast Cancer Division, Department of Surgery, Baoji Central Hospital, Baoji, Shaanxi, China

Yebo Fu

Affiliation Division of Genomic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Colombia, United States of America

Jin Peng

Affiliation Division of Genomic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Colombia, United States of America

Meng-Hsuan Mo

Affiliation Division of Genomic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Colombia, United States of America

Michael Stamatakos

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Colombia, United States of America

Christine B. Teal

Affiliation Department of Surgery, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Colombia, United States of America

Rachel F. Brem

Affiliation Department of Radiology, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Colombia, United States of America

Alexander Stojadinovic

Affiliation Surgical Oncology, Walter-Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Colombia, United States of America

Michael Grinkemeyer

Affiliation Surgical Oncology, Walter-Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, District of Colombia, United States of America

Timothy A. McCaffrey

Affiliation Division of Genomic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Colombia, United States of America

Yan-gao Man

Affiliation The Diagnostic and Translational Research Center, Henry Jackson Foundation, Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States of America

Sidney W. Fu

sfu@gwu.edu

Affiliation Division of Genomic Medicine, Department of Medicine, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Tropical Medicine, The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Washington, District of Colombia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC SWF. Performed the experiments: LC YF JP MM MS YM. Analyzed the data: LC YL CBT RFB SWF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS MG TAM YM. Wrote the paper: CL SWF.