About the Authors
- Long P. Le
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Dora Dias-Santagata
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Amanda C. Pawlak
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Arjola K. Cosper
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Anh Thu Nguyen
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- M. Angelica Selim
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
- April Deng
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Massachusetts (UMass) Medical Center, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Nora K. Horick
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Affiliation Biostatistics Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- A. John Iafrate
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Martin C. Mihm Jr
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Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Mai P. Hoang
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* E-mail: mhoang@partners.org
Affiliation Department of Pathology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
DDS and AJI submitted a patent application (pending) for the SNaPshot(r) genotyping methods used in this study, and are consultants for BioReference Laboratories Inc. The remaining authors have no conflicts of interest to declare. 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: LPL DDS MPH. Performed the experiments: LPL DDS ACP AKC ATN MPH. Analyzed the data: LPL DDS ACP AKC ATN MAS AD NH AJI MCM MPH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAS AD MCM MPH. Wrote the paper: LPL MPH.