About the Authors

Jian Wang

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Margaret R. Spitz

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Christopher I. Amos

Affiliation Department of Genetics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Xifeng Wu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

David W. Wetter

Affiliation Department of Health Disparities Research, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Paul M. Cinciripini

Affiliation Department of Behavioral Science, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Sanjay Shete

sshete@mdanderson.org

Affiliations Department of Biostatistics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JW SS. Performed the experiments: JW SS. Analyzed the data: JW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JW MRS CIA XW DWW PMC SS. Wrote the paper: JW SS.