About the Authors

Radek Bukowski

rkbukows@utmb.edu

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Rowan T. Chlebowski

Affiliation Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America

Inger Thune

Affiliations Department of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Anne-Sofie Furberg

Affiliation Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Community Medicine, University of Tromsø, Tromsø, Norway

Gary D. V. Hankins

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States of America

Fergal D. Malone

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland

Mary E. D’Alton

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RB. Analyzed the data: RB RTC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RB GH FM MD. Wrote the paper: RB RTC. Critically revised the manuscript: RB RTC IT AF GH FM MD.