The importance of using public data to validate reported associations

• Georgia Chenevix-Trench ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: georgiaT@qimr.edu.au

  Affiliation Queensland Institute of Medical Research Berghofer, Herston, Queensland, Australia

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1878-2587

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• Jonathan Beesley,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Queensland Institute of Medical Research Berghofer, Herston, Queensland, Australia

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• Paul D. P. Pharoah,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Centre for Cancer Genetic Epidemiology, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Strangeways Research Laboratory, Cambridge, United Kingdom

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• Andrew Berchuck

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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