About the Authors

Steven C. Moore

moorest@mail.nih.gov

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

Alpa V. Patel

Affiliation Epidemiology Research Program, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Charles E. Matthews

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

Amy Berrington de Gonzalez

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

Yikyung Park

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

Hormuzd A. Katki

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

Martha S. Linet

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

Elisabete Weiderpass

Affiliations Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, Cancer Registry of Norway, Oslo, Norway, Department of Community Medicine, Tromso, Norway, Samfundet Folkhalsan, Helsinki, Finland

Kala Visvanathan

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Kathy J. Helzlsouer

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Michael Thun

Affiliation Epidemiology Research Program, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Susan M. Gapstur

Affiliation Epidemiology Research Program, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Patricia Hartge

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

I-Min Lee

Affiliation Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

I-Min Lee served as a consultant to Virgin HealthMiles and served on their Scientific Advisory Board (2007–2010). The authors have declared that no other competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SCM AVP CEM ABG HAK PH IML. Performed the experiments: SCM ABG. Analyzed the data: SCM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SCM ABG HAK. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: SCM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SCM AVP CEM ABG YP HAK PH IML. ICMJE criteria for authorship read and met: SCM AVP CEM ABG YP HAK MSL EW KV KJH MT SMG PH IML. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: SCM AVP CEM ABG YP HAK MSL EW KV KJH MT SMG PH IML.