About the Authors

Bianca M. Sirbu

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sarah J. Lachmayer

Contributed equally to this work with: Sarah J. Lachmayer, Verena Wülfing, Lara M. Marten

Affiliations Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Verena Wülfing

Contributed equally to this work with: Sarah J. Lachmayer, Verena Wülfing, Lara M. Marten

Affiliations Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Lara M. Marten

Contributed equally to this work with: Sarah J. Lachmayer, Verena Wülfing, Lara M. Marten

Affiliations Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Katie E. Clarkson

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Linda W. Lee

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Liliana Gheorghiu

Affiliation Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lee Zou

Affiliations Center for Cancer Research, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America, Institute of Radiobiology and Molecular Radiation Oncology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Simon N. Powell

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Jochen Dahm-Daphi

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, Institute of Radiobiology and Molecular Radiation Oncology, University of Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Henning Willers

hwillers@partners.org

Affiliations Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America, 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: SMB SJL VW LMM KEC LWL LG LZ SNP JD-D HW. Performed the experiments: BMS SJL VW LMM KEC LWL LG. Analyzed the data: SMB SJL VW LMM KEC LWL LG LZ SNP JD-D HW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LZ SNP HW. Wrote the paper: LZ SNP JD-D HW.