About the Authors
- Michael J Thun
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mthun@cancer.org
Affiliation American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Lindsay M Hannan
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Affiliation American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Lucile L Adams-Campbell
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Affiliation Howard University Cancer Center, Washington, D. C., United States of America
- Paolo Boffetta
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Affiliation International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
- Julie E Buring
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Affiliation Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Diane Feskanich
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Affiliation Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- W. Dana Flanders
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Affiliations American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America , Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Sun Ha Jee
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Affiliation Institute for Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
- Kota Katanoda
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Affiliation Cancer Information Services and Surveillance Division, Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
- Laurence N Kolonel
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Affiliation Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
- I-Min Lee
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Affiliation Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Tomomi Marugame
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Affiliation Cancer Information Services and Surveillance Division, Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
- Julie R Palmer
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Affiliation Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Elio Riboli
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Affiliation International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), Lyon, France
- Tomotaka Sobue
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Affiliation Cancer Information Services and Surveillance Division, Center for Cancer Control and Information Services, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan
- Erika Avila-Tang
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Lynne R Wilkens
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Affiliation Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America
- Jon M Samet
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Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
The study was jointly conceived by MJT, PB, and JMS, and written by MJT, LMH, LLA-C, PB, JEB, DF, WDF, SHJ, KK, LNK, IML, TM, JRP, ER, TS, EAT, LRW, and JMS. MJT, LMH, and WDF compiled and analyzed the data.