About the Authors

Ying Qi

Affiliation Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Maureen P Martin

Affiliation Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Xiaojiang Gao

Affiliation Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Lisa Jacobson

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

James J Goedert

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Susan Buchbinder

Affiliation San Francisco Department of Public Health, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Gregory D Kirk

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Stephen J O'Brien

Affiliation Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

John Trowsdale

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Mary Carrington

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: carringt@ncifcrf.gov

Affiliations Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America , Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

MPM, XG, and MC conceived and designed the experiments. MPM and XG performed the experiments. YQ analyzed the data. LJ, JJG, SB, GDK, SJO, and JT contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. MC wrote the paper.