About the Authors

Sandi A. Kwee

skwee@queens.org

Affiliations The Queen's Medical Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Brenda Hernandez

Affiliation University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Owen Chan

Affiliation University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Linda Wong

Affiliations University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, Department of Surgery, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SK BH OC LW. Performed the experiments: SK BH OC. Analyzed the data: SK BH OC LW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK BH LW. Wrote the paper: SK BH OC LW.