About the Authors
- Daniel D. Buchanan
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Affiliations Familial Cancer Laboratory, QIMR, Herston, Queensland, Australia, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
- Kevin Sweet
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Affiliation Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Musa Drini
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Affiliation Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Canberra Hospital, Garran, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
- Mark A. Jenkins
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Affiliation Centre for MEGA Epidemiology, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Aung Ko Win
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Affiliation Centre for MEGA Epidemiology, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Dallas R. English
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Affiliation Centre for MEGA Epidemiology, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Michael D. Walsh
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Affiliations Familial Cancer Laboratory, QIMR, Herston, Queensland, Australia, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
- Mark Clendenning
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Affiliation Familial Cancer Laboratory, QIMR, Herston, Queensland, Australia
- Diane M. McKeone
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Affiliation Familial Cancer Laboratory, QIMR, Herston, Queensland, Australia
- Rhiannon J. Walters
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Affiliation Familial Cancer Laboratory, QIMR, Herston, Queensland, Australia
- Aedan Roberts
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Affiliation Familial Cancer Laboratory, QIMR, Herston, Queensland, Australia
- Sally-Ann Pearson
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Affiliation Familial Cancer Laboratory, QIMR, Herston, Queensland, Australia
- Erika Pavluk
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Affiliation Familial Cancer Laboratory, QIMR, Herston, Queensland, Australia
- John L. Hopper
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Affiliation Centre for MEGA Epidemiology, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Michael R. Gattas
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Affiliation Queensland Clinical Genetics Service, Royal Children's Hospital, Herston, Queensland, Australia
- Jack Goldblatt
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Affiliations School of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia, Australia, Genetic Services of Western Australia, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
- Jill George
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Affiliation Genetic Services of Western Australia, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
- Graeme K. Suthers
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Affiliations Department of Paediatrics, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, South Australian Clinical Genetics Service, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Kerry D. Phillips
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Affiliation South Australian Clinical Genetics Service, North Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
- Sonja Woodall
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Affiliation Familial GI Cancer Registry, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
- Julie Arnold
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Affiliation Familial GI Cancer Registry, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
- Kathy Tucker
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Affiliation Hereditary Cancer Clinic, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
- Amanda Muir
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Genetics, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Michael Field
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Genetics, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Sian Greening
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Affiliation Illawarra Cancer Centre, Wollongong Hospital, Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
- Steven Gallinger
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Affiliations Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, D. Zane Cohen Digestive Diseases Clinical Research Centre, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Cancer Care Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Renee Perrier
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Affiliation University of British Columbia and BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- John A. Baron
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States of America
- John D. Potter
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Affiliation Cancer Prevention Program, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
- Robert Haile
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Affiliation USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Wendy Frankel
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Affiliation Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Albert de la Chapelle
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Affiliation Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Finlay Macrae
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Affiliation Department of Colorectal Medicine and Genetics, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Christophe Rosty
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Affiliations Familial Cancer Laboratory, QIMR, Herston, Queensland, Australia, Department of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
- Neal I. Walker
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Affiliation Envoi Pathology, Herston, Queensland, Australia
- Susan Parry
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Affiliations Familial GI Cancer Registry, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand, Department of Gastroenterology, Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand
- Joanne P. Young
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* E-mail: Joanne.Young@qimr.edu.au
Affiliations Familial Cancer Laboratory, QIMR, Herston, Queensland, Australia, School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston, Queensland, Australia
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DDB KS MD AKW MJ DRE MDW MC DM RJW AR SAP EP JLH MRG JG JG GKS KDP SW JA KT AM MF SG SG RP JB JP RH WF AdlC FM CR NIW SP JPY. Performed the experiments: DDB MDW MC DM RJW AR SAP CR NIW SP. Analyzed the data: AKW MJ DRE MC AR SAP EP JLH SP JPY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS MD AKW MJ DRE MDW DM EP MRG JG JG GKS KDP SW JA KT AM MF SG SG RP JB JP RH WF AdlC FM CR NIW SP. Wrote the paper: DDB RH CR SP JPY. Co-wrote the paper: DB. Ascertainment of cases: KS MD DM MG J. Goldblatt J. George GS KP SW JA KT AM MF S. Greening S. Gallinger RP FM. Critical review of manuscript: KS MD AKW MJ MG J. Goldblatt GS KT MF S. Gallinger JB JP RH WF AdlC CR NW SP. Data analysis: AKW MJ EP. Data design: AKW. Data interpretation: AKW MJ DE MC AR JH. Genetic epidemiologist: DE JH. Critical review of final draft: DE MW MC DM RW AR SAP EP JH J. George KP SW JA AM S. Greening RP FM. Histologist: MW SAP. Data acquisition: MW DM SAP. Pathology review: MW. Molecular biologist: MC AR. Telephone interviews: DM. Designed and performed BRAF assays: RW. Wrote methods section: RW. Histological analysis: SAP. Data retrieval, assembly: EP. Clinical geneticist: MG J. Goldblatt GS KT MF. Epidemiologist: JB. Smoking expert advice: JB. Expert epidemiologist: JP RH. Analysis advice: JP RH. Wrote passages of manuscript: RH. Gastrointestinal pathologist: WF CR NW. Pathology advice: WF CR NW. Genetics expert: AdlC. Genetics advice: AdlC. Gastroenterologist: FM SP. Clinical advice: FM SP. Obtained funding: JY.