About the Authors

Snehal M. Gaikwad

Affiliation Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Lata Gunjal

Affiliation Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Anitha R. Junutula

Affiliation Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Departments of Radiology and Bioengineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Bio-X Program, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

Arezoo Astanehe

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Sanjiv Sam Gambhir

Affiliation Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Departments of Radiology and Bioengineering, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Bio-X Program, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California

Pritha Ray

pray@actrec.gov.in

Affiliation Advanced Centre for Treatment, Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Tata Memorial Centre, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Competing Interests

Co-author Dr. Sanjiv Sam Gambhir is a PLOS ONE editorial board member. 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: PR SSG. Performed the experiments: SMG LG ARJ. Analyzed the data: SMG PR SSG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA. Wrote the paper: SMG PR.