Contributors
Vamsidhar Velcheti:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2735-7213
Role: ConceptualizationRole: MethodologyRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – review
& editing
Pallavi D. Patwardhan: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: Project administrationRole:
SupervisionRole: VisualizationRole: Writing – review & editing
Frank Xiaoqing Liu: Role: ConceptualizationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review & editing
Xin Chen: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: SoftwareRole: Writing – review & editing
Xiting Cao: Role: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: SoftwareRole: Writing
– review & editing
Thomas Burke: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Funding acquisitionRole: Writing – review & editing
Aamir Ahmad: Role: Editor
Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
8
November
2018
Publication date Collection: 2018
Volume: 13
Issue: 11
Electronic Location Identifier: e0206370
Affiliations
[1
]
Hematology and Oncology, New York University, Perlmutter Cancer Center, New York,
New York, United States of America
[2
]
Center for Observational and Real-world Evidence (CORE), Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth,
New Jersey, United States of America
University of South Alabama Mitchell Cancer Institute, UNITED STATES
Author notes
Competing Interests: Vamsidhar Velcheti has served in an advisory/consultant role for Merck & Co., Inc.,
Kenilworth, NJ, USA; BMS; Genentech; AstraZeneca; Celegene; Novartis; Amgen; Fulgent
Genetics; Foundation Medicine. Frank Xiaoqing Liu, Xin Chen, and Thomas Burke are
employees and own stock of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA. Pallavi D. Patwardhan
and Xiting Cao were employees of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA, at the time
of the study. Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA. Pallavi D. Patwardhan and Xiting Cao
were employees of Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, USA, at the time of the study.
This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-18-17257
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0206370
PMC ID: 6224125
PubMed ID: 30408065
SO-VID: 687b98e8-695c-4802-a108-61940dab94ef
Copyright © © 2018 Velcheti et al
License:
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original author and source are credited.
History
Date
received
: 8
June
2018
Date
accepted
: 11
October
2018
Page count
Figures: 1,
Tables: 3,
Pages: 10
Funding
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100004334, Merck;
This study was funded by Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth NJ, USA. The funder of the
study participated in the study design, data analysis, decision to publish, and preparation
of the manuscript. The funder also provided support in the form of salaries for authors
PDP, FXL, XC, XC, and TB. All authors, including those employed by Merck, participated
in the data interpretation and writing of the report. All authors had full access
to study results and had final responsibility for the decision to submit for publication.
Categories
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Oncology
Subject:
Cancers and Neoplasms
Subject:
Lung and Intrathoracic Tumors
Subject:
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Histochemistry and Cytochemistry Techniques
Subject:
Immunohistochemistry Techniques
Subject:
Research and Analysis Methods
Subject:
Immunologic Techniques
Subject:
Immunohistochemistry Techniques
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Oncology
Subject:
Cancer Treatment
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
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Oncology
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Diagnostic Medicine
Subject:
Cancer Detection and Diagnosis
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Oncology
Subject:
Cancer Detection and Diagnosis
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Research and Analysis Methods
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Specimen Preparation and Treatment
Subject:
Staining
Subject:
Cell Staining
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Biology and Life Sciences
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Anatomy
Subject:
Histology
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Anatomy
Subject:
Histology
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People and Places
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Population Groupings
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Professions
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Medical Personnel
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Medical Doctors
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Pathologists
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Medicine and Health Sciences
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Health Care
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Health Care Providers
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