About the Authors
- Sung K. Kim
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Affiliations Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Sequenom, Incorporated, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Christopher R. Gignoux
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Affiliation Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Jeffrey D. Wall
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Affiliation Institute for Human Genetics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Annette Lum-Jones
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Affiliation Epidemiology Program, University of Hawai'i Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
- Hansong Wang
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Affiliation Epidemiology Program, University of Hawai'i Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
- Christopher A. Haiman
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Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Gary K. Chen
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Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Brian E. Henderson
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Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Laurence N. Kolonel
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Affiliation Epidemiology Program, University of Hawai'i Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
- Loic Le Marchand
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Affiliation Epidemiology Program, University of Hawai'i Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
- Daniel O. Stram
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Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Richa Saxena
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Affiliations Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Human Genetics Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Iona Cheng
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* E-mail: icheng@cc.hawaii.edu
Affiliation Epidemiology Program, University of Hawai'i Cancer Center, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors declare that the author, Sung Kim, is employed by Sequenom, Inc. This does not alter the authors‚ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SKK CRG JDW ALJ CAH RS IC. Performed the experiments: SKK ALJ. Analyzed the data: SKK CRG ALJ GKC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SKK CRG GKC. Wrote the paper: SKK CRG JDW ALJ HW CAH GKC BEH LNK LLM DOS RS IC.