About the Authors

Roberto Flores

floresr2@mail.nih.gov

Affiliations Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Jianxin Shi

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

Mitchell H. Gail

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

Pawel Gajer

Affiliation Institute of Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jacques Ravel

Affiliation Institute of Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

James J. Goedert

Affiliation Infections and Immunoepidemiology Branch, 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: RF JJG. Performed the experiments: RF JR. Analyzed the data: JS MHG PG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JR. Wrote the paper: RF JJG.