About the Authors

Sonja P. Dawsey

Affiliation Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Stanley Tonui

Affiliation Tenwek Hospital, Bomet, Kenya

Robert K. Parker

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

John W. Fitzwater

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Texas Tech University School of Medicine, Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas, United States of America

Sanford M. Dawsey

Affiliation Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Russell E. White

Affiliations Tenwek Hospital, Bomet, Kenya, Department of Surgery, Rhode Island Hospital and The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Christian C. Abnet

abnetc@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology & Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SPD RKP JWF. Performed the experiments: SPD ST RKP JWF. Analyzed the data: SPD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMD REW CCA. Wrote the paper: SPD SMD REW CCA.