About the Authors

Sami Azrak

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharine's, Ontario, Canada

Vanniarajan Ayyasamy

Affiliation Department of Cancer Genetics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Gary Zirpoli

Affiliation Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Christine Ambrosone

Affiliation Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Elisa V. Bandera

Affiliation The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Dana H. Bovbjerg

Affiliation University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Lina Jandorf

Affiliation Department of Oncological Sciences, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Gregory Ciupak

Affiliation Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Warren Davis

Affiliation Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Karen S. Pawlish

Affiliation New Jersey State Cancer Registry, New Jersey Department of Health & Senior Services, Trenton, New Jersey, United States of America

Ping Liang

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharine's, Ontario, Canada

Keshav Singh

kksingh@uab.edu

Affiliations Department of Cancer Genetics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America, Departments of Genetics, Pathology, Environmental Health, Center for Free Radical Biology, Center for Aging and UAB Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CA PL KS. Performed the experiments: SA VA. Analyzed the data: SA GZ GC WD PL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EVB DHB LJ KSP. Wrote the paper: VA CA PL KS.