About the Authors

Sonja Eaker

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: sonja.eaker@roc.se

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Uppsala and Regional Oncologic Centre, Uppsala, Sweden

Paul W Dickman

Affiliation Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Leif Bergkvist

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Centre for Clinical Research, Central Hospital of Västerås, Västerås, Sweden

Lars Holmberg

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital of Uppsala and Regional Oncologic Centre, Uppsala, Sweden

The Uppsala/Örebro Breast Cancer Group

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

SE performed all of the analyses, contributed to the interpretation of the data, and drafted the article. PWD contributed with the analysis and interpretation of the data. LB contributed with the acquisition of the data, with detailed knowledge about the register, and with revising the article for intellectual content. LH contributed with the conception and the design of the study, interpretation of the data, and revising the article for intellectual content.