About the Authors
- Pawadee Lohavanichbutr
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Affiliation Program in Epidemiology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- John Houck
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Affiliation Program in Epidemiology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- David R. Doody
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Affiliation Program in Epidemiology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Pei Wang
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Affiliation Program in Biostatistics and Biomathematics, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Eduardo Mendez
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Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Surgery and Perioperative Care Service, VA Puget Sound Health Care System, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Neal Futran
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Melissa P. Upton
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- F. Christopher Holsinger
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
- Stephen M. Schwartz
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Affiliations Program in Epidemiology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Chu Chen
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* E-mail: cchen@fhcrc.org
Affiliations Program in Epidemiology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Neal Futran is a consultant with the Stryker conmpany, though it has no bearing on this manuscript; and Dr. Eduardo Mendez has a consulting/honorarium agreement with Intuitive Surgical, Inc. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CC PL SS PW. Performed the experiments: PL JH. Analyzed the data: DD PL PW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EM NF MU FCH. Wrote the paper: PL.