About the Authors

Kristin A. Guertin

Caporaso@nih.gov (NEC); kristin.guertin@nih.gov (KAG)

Affiliation Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Fangyi Gu

Affiliation Genetic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Sholom Wacholder

Affiliation Biostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Neal D. Freedman

Affiliation Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Orestis A. Panagiotou

Affiliation Biostatistics Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Carolyn Reyes-Guzman

Affiliation Genetic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Neil E. Caporaso

Caporaso@nih.gov (NEC); kristin.guertin@nih.gov (KAG)

Affiliation Genetic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KAG FG NEC. Performed the experiments: KAG FG NEC. Analyzed the data: KAG FG SW OAP NEC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NEC SW. Wrote the paper: AG FG SW NDF OAP CRG NEC.