About the Authors

Xiaofei Chang

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Head and Neck Cancer Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Eugene Izumchenko

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Head and Neck Cancer Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Luisa M. Solis

Affiliation Departments of Pathology and Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Myoung Sook Kim

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Head and Neck Cancer Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Aditi Chatterjee

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Head and Neck Cancer Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Shizhang Ling

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Constance L. Monitto

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Paul M. Harari

Affiliation Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin, School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Manuel Hidalgo

Affiliations Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Centro Intregral Oncologico Clara Campal, Madrid, Spain

Steve N. Goodman

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Ignacio I. Wistuba

Affiliation Departments of Pathology and Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Atul Bedi

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Head and Neck Cancer Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

David Sidransky

dsidrans@jhmi.edu

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Division of Head and Neck Cancer Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: XC EI LMS MSK AC SL. Analyzed the data: XC EI LMS SNG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CLM PMH MH SNG IIW. Wrote the paper: XC CLM AB DS.