About the Authors

Kai Yu

yuka@mail.nih.gov

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

Zhaoming Wang

Affiliations Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Core Genotyping Facility, Advanced Technology Program, SAIC Frederick, Inc. National Cancer Institute - Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Qizhai Li

Affiliations Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Academy of Mathematics and Systems Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China

Sholom Wacholder

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

David J. Hunter

Affiliations Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Program in Molecular and Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Robert N. Hoover

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

Stephen Chanock

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

Gilles Thomas

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC SW DH RH KY GT. Analyzed the data: KY GT WZ QL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KY GT WZ QL. Wrote the paper: SC SW KY GT WZ.