About the Authors

Ivan P. Gorlov

ipgorlov@mdanderson.org

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

Christopher J. Logothetis

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

Shenying Fang

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

Olga Y. Gorlova

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

Christopher Amos

Affiliation Department of Community and Family Medicine, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IG CL CA OG. Analyzed the data: CA. Wrote the paper: IG OG. Participated in the bioinformatics and statistical analysis: SF. Read and approved the final manuscript: IG CL SF OG CA.