About the Authors

Kevin M. Waters

kwaters@usc.edu (KMW); haiman@usc.edu (CAH)

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

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

Mohamed T. Hassanein

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

Loïc Le Marchand

Affiliation Epidemiology Program, Cancer Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Lynne R. Wilkens

Affiliation Epidemiology Program, Cancer Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Gertraud Maskarinec

Affiliation Epidemiology Program, Cancer Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Kristine R. Monroe

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

Laurence N. Kolonel

Affiliation Epidemiology Program, Cancer Research Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

David Altshuler

Affiliations Program in Medical and Population Genetics, Broad Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Human Genetic Research, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Diabetes Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, 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

kwaters@usc.edu (KMW); haiman@usc.edu (CAH)

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: KMW MTH LLM LRW GM KRM LNK BEH CAH. Performed the experiments: KMW MTH. Analyzed the data: KMW DOS CAH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LNK BEH CAH. Wrote the paper: KMW DOS DA CAH.