About the Authors

David S. Terman

Contributed equally to this work with: David S. Terman, Benjamin L. Viglianti

dst@sbcglobal.net (DST); mark.dewhirst@duke.edu (MWD)

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Molecular Genetics Program, Jenomic, Carmel, California, United States of America

Benjamin L. Viglianti

Contributed equally to this work with: David S. Terman, Benjamin L. Viglianti

Affiliation Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America

Rahima Zennadi

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Diane Fels

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Richard J. Boruta

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Hong Yuan

Affiliation Department of Radiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Mathew R. Dreher

Affiliation National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Diagnostic Radiology Department, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Gerald Grant

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Neurosurgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Zahid N. Rabbani

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Ejung Moon

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Lan Lan

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Joseph Eble

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Yiting Cao

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Neurooncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Brian Sorg

Affiliation Cancer Diagnosis Program, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Kathleen Ashcraft

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Greg Palmer

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Marilyn J. Telen

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Mark W. Dewhirst

dst@sbcglobal.net (DST); mark.dewhirst@duke.edu (MWD)

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: DST is sole inventor of US patent 7,803,637 filed August 30, 2000, issued September 28, 2010. All other authors have no competing interests. Dr. David S. Terman is employed by Jenomic. This does not alter his adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Reovirus Dearing Type 3 was provided by Oncolytics Biotech Inc. (Calgary, Canada). 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: DST. Performed the experiments: DST BLV RZ HY MRD GG ZNR EM JE YC BS KA RJB DF. Analyzed the data: DST MWD MJT LL GP BLV RZ BS. Wrote the paper: DST MWD.