About the Authors

Clara Bodelon

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Ruth M. Pfeiffer

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Valentina Bollati

Affiliations Center of Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy, Fondazione Cà Granda, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

Julien Debbache

Affiliations Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Cell and Developmental Biology Division, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Donato Calista

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, M. Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy

Paola Ghiorzo

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, Laboratory of Genetics of Rare Hereditary Cancers, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy

Maria Concetta Fargnoli

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

Giovanna Bianchi-Scarra

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy, Laboratory of Genetics of Rare Hereditary Cancers, IRCCS AOU San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy

Ketty Peris

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy

Mirjam Hoxha

Affiliations Center of Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, Università di Milano, Milan, Italy, Fondazione Cà Granda, IRCCS Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy

Amy Hutchinson

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Laurie Burdette

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Laura Burke

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Shenying Fang

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Margaret A. Tucker

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Alisa M. Goldstein

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Jeffrey E. Lee

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Qingyi Wei

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Sharon A. Savage

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Xiaohong R. Yang

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Christopher Amos

Affiliation Department of Community and Family Medicine, Center for Genomic Medicine, Dartmouth University, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Maria Teresa Landi

landim@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and 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: MTL AMG MAT. Performed the experiments: AH L. Burdette VB MH. Analyzed the data: CB RMP VB L. Burke JD MTL SAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DC PG MCF GB-S KP SF MAT AMG JEL QW XRY CA MTL. Wrote the paper: CB MTL. Harmonized phenotypic data: JD.