About the Authors

Hadi Zarkoob

Affiliation Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Joseph H. Taube

Affiliation Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Sheila K. Singh

Affiliations McMaster Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute, Michael DeGroote Centre for Learning and Discovery, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Surgery, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Sendurai A. Mani

Affiliations Department of Translational Molecular Pathology, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Metastasis Research Center, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Mohammad Kohandel

kohandel@math.uwaterloo.ca

Affiliations Department of Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, Centre for Mathematical Medicine, Fields Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS. Performed the experiments: SS. Analyzed the data: HZ SM SS MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HZ. Wrote the paper: HZ JT SS SM MK. Designed the project: MK.