About the Authors

Christopher H. Lieu

christopher.lieu@ucdenver.edu

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Hai Tran

Affiliation Department of Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Zhi-Qin Jiang

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Muling Mao

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Michael J. Overman

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

E. Lin

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Cathy Eng

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jeffrey Morris

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Lee Ellis

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

John V. Heymach

Affiliation Department of Thoracic/Head & Neck Medical Oncology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Scott Kopetz

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology, the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors would like to declare one conflict of interest to author S.K. from Circadian Technologies. Research funding was obtained from Circadian Technologies. There are no other relevant declarations relating to employment, consultancy, patents, products in development, or marketed products. The authors confirm that this does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CHL HT CE MJO JM LE JH SK. Performed the experiments: CHL HT ZJ MM JH SK. Analyzed the data: CHL EL JM SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HT ZJ MM JM JH SK. Wrote the manuscript: CHL HT ZJ MM MJO EL CE JM LE JH SK.