About the Authors

Ahmedin Jemal

ajemal@cancer.org

Affiliation Surveillance and Health Policy Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Elizabeth Ward

Affiliation Surveillance and Health Policy Research, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Michael Thun

Affiliation Epidemiology Department, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJ. Analyzed the data: AJ. Wrote the paper: AJ EW MJT. Data interpretation: EW MJT. Critical review of manuscript for important intellectual content: EW MJT.