About the Authors

David M. Harris

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Inbal Hazan-Haley

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Kevin Coombes

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Carlos Bueso-Ramos

Affiliation Department of Hematopathology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jie Liu

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Zhiming Liu

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ping Li

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Murali Ravoori

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Lynne Abruzzo

Affiliation Department of Hematopathology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Lin Han

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Sheela Singh

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Michael Sun

Affiliation Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Vikas Kundra

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Razelle Kurzrock

Affiliation Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Zeev Estrov

zestrov@mdanderson.org

Affiliation Department of Leukemia, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DMH ZE. Performed the experiments: IH-H JL ZL PL MR LH LA SS VK MS RK. Analyzed the data: IH-H KC CB-R. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZE. Wrote the paper: ZE.