About the Authors

Johanna M. Schuetz

Affiliations Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Denise Daley

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Jinko Graham

Affiliation Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Brian R. Berry

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Royal Jubilee Hospital, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Richard P. Gallagher

Affiliation Cancer Control Research, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Joseph M. Connors

Affiliation Division of Medical Oncology and Centre for Lymphoid Cancer, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Randy D. Gascoyne

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Centre for Lymphoid Cancer, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

John J. Spinelli

Affiliations Cancer Control Research, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Angela R. Brooks-Wilson

abrooks-wilson@bcgsc.ca

Affiliations Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMS RPG JJS ABW. Performed the experiments: JMS. Analyzed the data: JMS DD JG JJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DD. Wrote the paper: JMS ABW. Did the pathology review: RDG BRB. Responsible for clinical review for all cases: JMC.