About the Authors

Paul D. P Pharoah

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: paul1@srl.cam.ac.uk

Affiliations Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom , Strangeways Research Laboratory, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Jonathan Tyrer

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Alison M Dunning

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Douglas F Easton

Affiliation Strangeways Research Laboratory, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Bruce A. J Ponder

Affiliation Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

SEARCH Investigators

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

PDPP, JT, AMD, DFE, and BAJP conceived and designed the experiments and wrote the paper. PDPP and AMD performed the experiments. PDPP, JT, and DFE analysed the data. JT, AMD, and DFE contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools.