About the Authors

Christopher A. Haiman

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90032, United States of America

Yesha M. Patel

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90032, United States of America

Daniel O. Stram

Affiliation Department of Preventive Medicine and Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 90032, United States of America

Steven G. Carmella

Affiliation Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55105, United States of America

Menglan Chen

Affiliation Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55105, United States of America

Lynne R. Wilkens

Affiliation Epidemiology Program, Cancer Research Center of Hawai’i, University of Hawai’i, Honolulu, HI, 96813, United States of America

Loic Le Marchand

Affiliation Epidemiology Program, Cancer Research Center of Hawai’i, University of Hawai’i, Honolulu, HI, 96813, United States of America

Stephen S. Hecht

hecht002@umn.edu

Affiliation Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55105, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAH LLM SSH. Performed the experiments: SGC MC. Analyzed the data: YMP DOS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CAH LRW LLM SSH. Wrote the paper: CAH SSH.