About the Authors
- Vivekanand Gupta
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Affiliation Cancer Biology Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Daniel E. Bassi
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Affiliations Cancer Biology Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Jeffrey D. Simons
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Affiliation Cancer Biology Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Karthik Devarajan
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Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Tahseen Al-Saleem
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Robert G. Uzzo
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Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Edna Cukierman
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* E-mail: Edna.Cukierman@fccc.edu
Affiliation Cancer Biology Program, Fox Chase Cancer Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: VG DEB EC. Performed the experiments: VG DEB JDS. Analyzed the data: VG DEB KD TA-S EC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VG DEB KD TA-S RGU EC. Wrote the paper: VG DEB KD EC. Performed the majority of experiments and analyses and assisted in drafting the manuscript: VG. Performed the immunohistochemistry experiments, analyzed them and assisted in drafting the manuscript: DEB. Assisted VG in performing many of the experiments and participated in drafting the manuscript: JDS. Was responsible for all statistical analyses and their interpretations and also assisted in drafting the manuscript: KD. Provided all the pathological information and reviewed the final draft for accuracy: TA-S. Assisted in providing the fresh surgical material as well as designing many aspects of the study and the manuscript draft: RGU. Was responsible for the study coordination, as well as the design and interpretation of all results and revision of the drafted manuscript: EC. Read and approved the final manuscript: VG DEB JDS KD TA-S RGU EC.