About the Authors

Honglin Song

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: honglin@srl.cam.ac.uk

Affiliation Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Susan J. Ramus

Affiliation Translational Research Laboratories, Institute for Women's Health, University College London, United Kingdom

Susanne Krüger Kjaer

Affiliations Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark, The Juliane Marie Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Estrid Hogdall

Affiliation Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark

Richard A. DiCioccio

Affiliation Department of Cancer Genetics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Alice S. Whittemore

Affiliation Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States of America

Valerie McGuire

Affiliation Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, United States of America

Claus Hogdall

Affiliation The Juliane Marie Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Ian J. Jacobs

Affiliation Translational Research Laboratories, Institute for Women's Health, University College London, United Kingdom

Douglas F. Easton

Affiliation Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Genetic Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Bruce A.J. Ponder

Affiliation Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Alison M. Dunning

Affiliation Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Simon A. Gayther

Affiliation Translational Research Laboratories, Institute for Women's Health, University College London, United Kingdom

Paul D.P. Pharoah

Affiliation Cancer Research UK (CRUK) Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS PP. Performed the experiments: HS SR. Analyzed the data: HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BP AW PP SG RD EH SK VM IJ DE CH. Wrote the paper: HS PP SG. Other: Revised the draft: SK EH RD AW VM CH BP DE AD SR.