About the Authors

J. Stuart Ferriss

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Youngchul Kim

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Linda Duska

Affiliation Thornton Gynecologic Oncology Division, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Michael Birrer

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Douglas A. Levine

Affiliation Gynecology Service and Department of Surgery, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, United States of America

Christopher Moskaluk

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Dan Theodorescu

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Pharmacology, University of Colorado at Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Jae K. Lee

jkl7n@virginia.edu

Affiliation Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JKL JSF DT. Performed the experiments: JSF YK CM DAL. Analyzed the data: JSF YK JKL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSF YK MB LD JKL DAL. Wrote the paper: JSF YK MB LD CM DT JKL DAL.