About the Authors

Armen A. Ghazarian

armen.ghazarian@nih.gov

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

Megan A. Murphy

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

Maria R. Khan

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Brit I. Saksvig

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Maryland School of Public Health, College Park, Maryland, United States of America

Sean F. Altekruse

Affiliation Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Wrote the manuscript: AAG MAM MRK BIS SFA. Conception and design: AAG MAM BIS SFA. Development of methodology: AAG MAM BIS SFA. Acquisition of data (provided animals, acquired and managed patients, provided facilities, etc.): AAG MAM SFA. Analysis and interpretation of data (e.g., statistical analysis, biostatistics, computational analysis): AAG MAM MRK BIS SFA. Administrative, technical, or material support (i.e., reporting or organizing data, constructing databases): AAG MAM BIS SFA. Study supervision: SFA BIS.