About the Authors

Lara E. Sucheston

lara.sucheston@roswellpark.org

Affiliation Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Jeannette T. Bensen

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Zongli Xu

Affiliation Epidemiology Branch and Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Prashant K. Singh

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

Leah Preus

Affiliation Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

James L. Mohler

Affiliations Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, Department of Urology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

L. Joseph Su

Affiliation Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Elizabeth T. H. Fontham

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Bernardo Ruiz

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Gary J. Smith

Affiliations Department of Urology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, Department of Urology, State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Jack A. Taylor

Affiliation Epidemiology Branch and Laboratory of Molecular Carcinogenesis, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LES JTB JLM GJS JAT. Performed the experiments: ZX JLM JAT. Analyzed the data: LES ZX PKS LP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JLM ETHF GJS JAT. Wrote the paper: LES JTB ZX JLM LJS ETHF BR GJS JAT.