About the Authors

Filip Janku

Affiliation Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (Phase I Clinical Trials Program), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

J. Jack Lee

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

Apostolia M. Tsimberidou

Affiliation Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (Phase I Clinical Trials Program), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

David S. Hong

Affiliation Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (Phase I Clinical Trials Program), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Aung Naing

Affiliation Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (Phase I Clinical Trials Program), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Gerald S. Falchook

Affiliation Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (Phase I Clinical Trials Program), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Siqing Fu

Affiliation Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (Phase I Clinical Trials Program), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Rajyalakshmi Luthra

Affiliation Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ignacio Garrido-Laguna

Affiliation Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (Phase I Clinical Trials Program), The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Razelle Kurzrock

rkurzroc@mdanderson.org

Affiliation Department of Investigational Cancer Therapeutics (Phase I Clinical Trials Program), The 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: FJ JJL AMT RK. Performed the experiments: FJ AMT DSH AN GSF SF RL IGL RK. Analyzed the data: FJ JJL RK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FJ JJL IGL RK. Wrote the paper: FJ JJL AMT DSH AN GSF SF RL IGL RK.