About the Authors

Michael Phillips

mphillips@menssanaresearch.com

Affiliations Breath Research Laboratory, Menssana Research Inc., Newark, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Medicine, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York, United States of America

J. David Beatty

Affiliation Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Renee N. Cataneo

Affiliation Breath Research Laboratory, Menssana Research Inc., Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Jan Huston

Affiliation HackensackUMC Mountainside, Montclair, New Jersey, United States of America

Peter D. Kaplan

Affiliation Breath Research Laboratory, Menssana Research Inc., Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Roy I. Lalisang

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, GROW School of Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Philippe Lambin

Affiliation Department of Radiotherapy (MAASTRO), GROW School of Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Marc B. I. Lobbes

Affiliation Department of Radiology, GROW School of Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Mayur Mundada

Affiliation Breath Research Laboratory, Menssana Research Inc., Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Nadine Pappas

Affiliation Saint Michael's Medical Center, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Urvish Patel

Affiliation Breath Research Laboratory, Menssana Research Inc., Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

Michael Phillips is President and CEO of Menssana Research, Inc., which develops and patents breath tests for biomarkers of diseases. Renee N Cataneo, Peter D Kaplan, Mayur Mundada and Urvish Patel are current or former employees of Menssana Research, Inc. Schmitt & Associates, Newark, NJ, analyzed the data. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP. Performed the experiments: JDB JH RIL PL MBIL NP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RNC PDK MM UP. Wrote the paper: MP. Reviewed and revised the manuscript: MP JDB RNC JH PDK RIL PL.