About the Authors

Daisuke Yamamoto

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School, Okayama, Japan

Kaori Shima

Affiliation Center for Molecular Oncologic Pathology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Kou Matsuo

Affiliation Division of Oral Pathology, Department of Biosciences, Kyushu Dental College, Kitakyushu, Japan

Takashi Nishioka

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Chang Yan Chen

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Guo-fu Hu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Akira Sasaki

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School, Okayama, Japan

Takanori Tsuji

ttsuji@bidmc.harvard.edu

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TT. Performed the experiments: DY KS TN GfH TT. Analyzed the data: DY GfH TT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KM CYC AS. Wrote the paper: TT.