About the Authors

Janyaporn Phuchareon

Affiliations Head and Neck Cancer Research Laboratory, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Yoshihito Ohta

Affiliations Head and Neck Cancer Research Laboratory, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Jonathan M. Woo

Affiliation Genomics Core Facility, Institute for Human Genetics, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

David W. Eisele

Affiliations Head and Neck Cancer Research Laboratory, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Osamu Tetsu

otetsu@ohns.ucsf.edu

Affiliations Head and Neck Cancer Research Laboratory, Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JP OT. Performed the experiments: JP YO JMW OT. Analyzed the data: JP JMW OT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DWE. Wrote the paper: JP OT.