About the Authors

Hunain Alam

Affiliation Cancer Research Institute (CRI), Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India

Prakash Gangadaran

Affiliation Cancer Research Institute (CRI), Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India

Amruta V. Bhate

Affiliation Cancer Research Institute (CRI), Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India

Devendra A. Chaukar

Affiliation Surgical Oncology, Head and Neck Unit, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Parel, Mumbai, India

Sharada S. Sawant

Affiliations Cancer Research Institute (CRI), Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India, Surgical Oncology, Head and Neck Unit, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Parel, Mumbai, India, Epidemiology and Clinical Trials Unit, Clinical Research Centre (CRC), Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India, Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Parel, Mumbai, India

Richa Tiwari

Affiliation Cancer Research Institute (CRI), Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India

Jyoti Bobade

Affiliation Cancer Research Institute (CRI), Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India

Sadhana Kannan

Affiliation Epidemiology and Clinical Trials Unit, Clinical Research Centre (CRC), Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India

Anil K. D'cruz

Affiliation Surgical Oncology, Head and Neck Unit, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Parel, Mumbai, India

Shubhada Kane

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH), Parel, Mumbai, India

Milind M. Vaidya

mvaidya@actrec.gov.in

Affiliation Cancer Research Institute (CRI), Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre (TMC), Kharghar, Navi Mumbai, India

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HA MMV. Performed the experiments: HA PG AVB RT JB. Analyzed the data: HA PG SSS DAC AKD S. Kane S. Kannan. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SSS DAC AKD S. Kannan. Wrote the paper: HA MMV.