About the Authors

Dominique Sighoko

Affiliations International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France, Faculté d'Odontologie, Méthodes et Algorithmes pour l'Aide à la Décision, Lyon, France

Maria Paula Curado

Affiliation International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

Denis Bourgeois

Affiliation Faculté d'Odontologie, Méthodes et Algorithmes pour l'Aide à la Décision, Lyon, France

Maimuna Mendy

Affiliation Medical Research Council, Fajara, The Gambia

Pierre Hainaut

hainaut@iarc.fr

Affiliation International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

Ebrima Bah

Affiliations International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France, Gambia Hepatitis Intervention Study, Fajara, The Gambia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS PH MPC. Performed the experiments: DS. Analyzed the data: DS MPC PH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DS PH MPC DB MM EB PH. Wrote the paper: DS PH MPC. Produced data analyses and wrote the first draft of the manuscript: DS. Head of the GNCR who collated and curated the registration data: EB. Provided supervision to DS: DB. Provided support to liver cancer ascertainment in The Gambia: MM. Oversaw the statistical analyses: MPC. Project leader; supervised the analysis and oversaw the writing of the manuscript: PH. Contributed to the final version of the manuscript: DS MPC DB MM PH EB.