About the Authors

Lorenzo Cohen

lcohen@mdanderson.org

Affiliation Department of General Oncology and the Integrative Medicine Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Steven W. Cole

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Anil K. Sood

Affiliation Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Cancer Biology Center for RNA Interference and Non-Coding RNA, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Sarah Prinsloo

Affiliation Department of General Oncology and the Integrative Medicine Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Clemens Kirschbaum

Affiliation Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Jesusa M. G. Arevalo

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Nicholas B. Jennings

Affiliation Department of Gynecologic Oncology and Cancer Biology Center for RNA Interference and Non-Coding RNA, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Shellie Scott

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

Luis Vence

Affiliation Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Qi Wei

Affiliation Department of General Oncology and the Integrative Medicine Program, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Diane Kentor

Affiliation Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Laszlo Radvanyi

Affiliation Department of Melanoma Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Nizar Tannir

Affiliation Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Eric Jonasch

Affiliation Department of Genitourinary Medical Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Pheroze Tamboli

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

Louis Pisters

Affiliation Department of Urology, 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: LC SS LP SC AS. Performed the experiments: SC AS CK JA NJ LV DK LC PT. Analyzed the data: LC SC AS SP QW NT EJ LP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NT EJ LP LC SS PT. Wrote the paper: LC SC AS SP QW NT EJ LP. Financial support: LC SC AS LR. Collection and assembly of data: LC SC AS CK JA NJ SS LV DK LR LP. Final approval of manuscript: LC SC AS SP QW NT EJ LP.