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"data sets from each of the geo databases can be downloaded from the following sites and access numbers: [ https://www ncbi nlm nih gov/geo /gse96058/gse25066/gse163882/gse123845/gse20271]."

"T.K. pathology faculty advisor for AstraZeneca. The remaining authors report no conflicts of interest."

"K.T. is supported by the National Institutes of Health; R37CA248018, R01CA250412, R01CA251545, R01EB029596, and the US Department of Defense BCRP; W81XWH-19-1-0674 and W81XWH-19-1-0111. Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is supported by the National Cancer Institute cancer center support grant P30CA016056. L.Y. is supported by National Cancer Institute (NCI) grant P30CA016056 involving the use of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center’s Pathology Network, Genomics, and Biomedical Data Science Shared Resources. K.T., M.O., M.N., T.I., T.K., R.W., and Y.M.: Conceptualization; K.T., M.O., and R.W.: Design; L.Y., M.A., and R.W: Acquisition of data and analysis; M.O., R.W., and T.K.: Original draft preparation; K.T., L.Y., M.A., M.O., M.B., R.W., and T.I.: Review and editing; K.T.: Supervision; K.T.: Project administration; I.E., K.T., and T.I: Funding acquisition."