About the Authors

Lydia Quaye

Contributed equally to this work with: Lydia Quaye, Jonathan Tyrer

Affiliation Gynaecological Cancer Research Laboratories, UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Jonathan Tyrer

Contributed equally to this work with: Lydia Quaye, Jonathan Tyrer

Affiliation CR-UK Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratories, Cambridge, London, United Kingdom

Susan J. Ramus

s.ramus@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Gynaecological Cancer Research Laboratories, UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Honglin Song

Affiliation CR-UK Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratories, Cambridge, London, United Kingdom

Eva Wozniak

Affiliation Gynaecological Cancer Research Laboratories, UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Richard A. DiCioccio

Affiliation Department of Cancer Genetics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Valerie McGuire

Affiliation Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Estrid Høgdall

Affiliation Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark

Claus Høgdall

Affiliation The Juliane Marie Centre, Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Jan Blaakaer

Affiliation Department of Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Aarhus, Denmark

Ellen L. Goode

Affiliation College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Joellen M. Schildkraut

Affiliation Duke University Medical Center, Department of Community and Family Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Douglas F. Easton

Affiliation Genetic Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Susanne Krüger-Kjaer

Affiliation Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark

Alice S. Whittemore

Affiliation Department of Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Simon A. Gayther

Affiliation Gynaecological Cancer Research Laboratories, UCL EGA Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Paul D. P. Pharoah

Affiliation CR-UK Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratories, Cambridge, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LQ JT SJR HS RAD VM EH CH JB ELG JS DFE SKK ASW SAG PDP. Performed the experiments: LQ SJR HS EW. Analyzed the data: LQ JT SJR HS EW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAD VM EH CH JB ELG JS DFE SKK ASW SAG PDP. Wrote the paper: LQ JT SAG PDP. Revised draft of the paper: SJR HS EW RAD VM EH CH JB ELG JS DFE SKK ASW.