1. N. K. S. Cheedella1,†, 
2. A. Suzuki1,†, 
3. L. Xiao2, 
4. W. L. Hofstetter3, 
5. D. M. Maru4,
6. T. Taketa1, 
7. K. Sudo1, 
8. M. A. Blum1, 
9. S. H. Lin5, 
10. J. Welch5, 
11. J. H. Lee6, 
12. M. S. Bhutani6,
13. D. C. Rice3, 
14. A. A. Vaporciyan3, 
15. S. G. Swisher3 and 
16. J. A. Ajani1,*

-Author Affiliations

1. ¹Department of Gastrointestinal Medical Oncology
2. ²Department of Biostatistics
3. ³Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
4. ⁴Department of Pathology
5. ⁵Department of Radiation Oncology
6. ⁶Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, USA