About the Authors

Lauren M. Schwartz

Contributed equally to this work with: Lauren M. Schwartz, E. Christina Persson

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

E. Christina Persson

Contributed equally to this work with: Lauren M. Schwartz, E. Christina Persson

Affiliations Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology Research, Statens Serum Institut, Copenhagen, Denmark

Stephanie J. Weinstein

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Barry I. Graubard

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Neal D. Freedman

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Satu Männistö

Affiliation Department of Chronic Disease Prevention, National Institute for Health and Welfare, Helsinki, Finland

Demetrius Albanes

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Katherine A. McGlynn

mcglynnk@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LMS ECP BIG KAM. Performed the experiments: SJW. Analyzed the data: LMS ECP BIG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM. Wrote the paper: LMS ECP SJW BIG NDF SM DA KAM.