About the Authors

Gary K. Chen

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

Robert C. Millikan

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Gillings School of Global Public Health, and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Esther M. John

Affiliations Northern California Cancer Center, Fremont, California, United States of America, Stanford University School of Medicine and Stanford Cancer Center, Stanford, California, United States of America

Christine B. Ambrosone

Affiliation Department of Cancer Prevention and Control, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Leslie Bernstein

Affiliation Division of Cancer Etiology, Department of Population Science, Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, California, United States of America

Wei Zheng

Affiliations Division of Epidemiology, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt Epidemiology Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Jennifer J. Hu

Affiliation Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center and Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Stephen J. Chanock

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

Regina G. Ziegler

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

Elisa V. Bandera

Affiliation The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

Brian E. Henderson

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

Christopher A. Haiman

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

Daniel O. Stram

stram@usc.edu

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RCM EMJ CBA LB WZ JJH SJC RGZ EVB BEH CAH DOS. Performed the experiments: GKC RCM EMJ CBA LB WZ JJH SJC RGZ EVB CAH DOS. Analyzed the data: GKC CAH DOS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GKC RCM EMJ CBA LB WZ JJH SJC RGZ EVB BEH CAH DOS. Wrote the paper: GKC DOS.