About the Authors

Martin Widschwendter

M.Widschwendter@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Gynecological Oncology, UCL Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Sophia Apostolidou

Affiliation Department of Gynecological Oncology, UCL Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Elke Raum

Affiliation Division for Clinical Epidemiology and Ageing Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

Dietrich Rothenbacher

Affiliation Division for Clinical Epidemiology and Ageing Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

Heidi Fiegl

Affiliation Department of Gynecological Oncology, UCL Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Usha Menon

Affiliation Department of Gynecological Oncology, UCL Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Christa Stegmaier

Affiliation Saarland Cancer Registry, Saarbrücken, Germany

Ian J. Jacobs

Affiliation Department of Gynecological Oncology, UCL Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Hermann Brenner

Affiliation Division for Clinical Epidemiology and Ageing Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SA MW HB. Performed the experiments: SA. Analyzed the data: MW HB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IJJ ER DR HF UM CS HB. Wrote the paper: IJJ MW HB.