About the Authors

Jennifer Permuth-Wey

jenny.wey@moffitt.org

Affiliation Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Y. Ann Chen

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Kate Fisher

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Susan McCarthy

Affiliation Department of Clinical Testing Development, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Xiaotao Qu

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Mark C. Lloyd

Affiliation Department of Analytic Microscopy, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Agnieszka Kasprzak

Affiliation Department of Analytic Microscopy, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Michelle Fournier

Affiliation Department of Tissue Core Administration, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Vonetta L. Williams

Affiliation Department of Information Shared Services, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Kavita M. Ghia

Affiliation Department of Information Shared Services, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Sean J. Yoder

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genomics, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Laura Hall

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genomics, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Christina Georgeades

Affiliation Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Funmilayo Olaoye

Affiliation Department of Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Kazim Husain

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Gregory M. Springett

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Dung-Tsa Chen

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Bioinformatics, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Timothy Yeatman

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Gibbs Cancer Center and Research Institute, Spartanburg, SC, United States of America

Barbara Ann Centeno

Affiliation Department of Anatomic Pathology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Jason Klapman

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Domenico Coppola

Affiliation Department of Anatomic Pathology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Mokenge Malafa

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgical Oncology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, FL, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: A patent for this work entitled ‘MicroRNA Assay to Assess Malignancy Risk of Pancreatic Lesions’ has been filed (docket number 13MB078PR).

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JPW YAC SM MCL DC MM. Performed the experiments: SM SJY LH. Analyzed the data: YAC KF JPW MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JPW SM XQ MCL AK MF VLW KMG SJY LH CG FO KH GMS BAC DC. Wrote the paper: JPW YAC KF SM XQ MCL CG TY BAC JK DC MM.