About the Authors

Vitor M. Faça

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Aviva P. Ventura

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Mathew P. Fitzgibbon

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Sandra R. Pereira-Faça

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Sharon J. Pitteri

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Ann E. Green

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Renee C. Ireton

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Qing Zhang

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Hong Wang

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Kathy C. O'Briant

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Charles W. Drescher

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Michèl Schummer

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Martin W. McIntosh

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Beatrice S. Knudsen

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Samir M. Hanash

shanash@fhcrc.org

Affiliation Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BK SH VF MM CD. Performed the experiments: VF HW RI SP SP AV AG. Analyzed the data: BK SH VF QZ RI SP SP MM CD AV MF MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CD KO. Wrote the paper: SH VF. Other: Developed and oversaw the protocols and procedures for patient recruitment, specimen collection and processing: KO.