About the Authors

Eva S. Schernhammer

eva.schernhammer@channing.harvard.edu

Affiliations Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Ludwig Boltzmann-Institute for Applied Cancer Research, KFJ-Spital, Vienna, Austria, Applied Cancer Research - Institute for Translational Research Vienna (ACR–ITR VIEnna), Vienna, Austria, Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Edward Giovannucci

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yoshifumi Baba

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Charles S. Fuchs

Affiliations Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Shuji Ogino

Affiliations Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ES EG CF SO. Performed the experiments: SO YB. Analyzed the data: ES SO. Wrote the paper: ES EG YB CF SO.