About the Authors
- Nicolas Wentzensen
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* E-mail: wentzenn@mail.nih.gov
Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Amanda Black
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Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Kevin Jacobs
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Affiliation Core Genotyping Facility, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Hannah P. Yang
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Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Christine D. Berg
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Affiliation Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
- Neil Caporaso
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Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Ulrike Peters
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Affiliation Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Lawrence Ragard
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Affiliation Westat, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Saundra S. Buys
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Affiliation Oncology Division, Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
- Stephen Chanock
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Affiliations Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Core Genotyping Facility, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Patricia Hartge
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Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
LR is employed by Westat, Inc., a company that serves as the PLCO Study Coordinating Center. This relationship does not influence the authors' adherence to the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NW PH. Performed the experiments: KJ SC. Analyzed the data: NW AB HPY PH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NW AB KJ HPY CDB NC UP LR SSB SC PH. Wrote the paper: NW AB HPY CDB SC PH. Contributed genotyping data: NC UP.