About the Authors

Salaheddin M. Mahmud

Salah.mahmud@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Department of Surgery (Urology), McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Eduardo L. Franco

Affiliations Department of Oncology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Donna Turner

Affiliation Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Robert W. Platt

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Patricia Beck

Affiliation Population Health Branch, Saskatchewan Ministry of Health, Regina, Canada

David Skarsgard

Affiliation Division of Radiation Oncology, University of Calgary and Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary, Canada

Jon Tonita

Affiliation Population Health Division, Saskatchewan Cancer Agency, Regina, Canada

Colin Sharpe

† Deceased.

Armen G. Aprikian

Affiliation Department of Surgery (Urology), McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMM ELF AGA CS. Performed the experiments: SMM ELF DT RWP PB DS JT AGA. Analyzed the data: SMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PB DS JT. Wrote the paper: SMM.