About the Authors
- Martin C. Tammemägi
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* E-mail: martin.tammemagi@brocku.ca
Affiliation Department of Health Sciences, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
- Timothy R. Church
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Affiliation School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America
- William G. Hocking
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Affiliation Marshfield Clinic, Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
- Gerard A. Silvestri
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Affiliation Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America
- Paul A. Kvale
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Affiliation Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
- Thomas L. Riley
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Affiliation Information Management Systems, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- John Commins
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Affiliation Information Management Systems, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- Christine D. Berg
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Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology and Molecular Radiation Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
Competing Interests
CB is a consultant for Medial Cancer Screening, Ltd., a diagnostic algorithm start-up company based in Tel Aviv working on improved methods of early detection of cancer using pre-existing information in the medical record.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MT. Performed the experiments: MT. Analyzed the data: MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT TC WH GS PK TR JC CB. Wrote the first draft of the manuscript: MT. Wrote the paper: MT TC WH GS PK CB. Agree with manuscript results and conclusions: MT TC WH GS PK TR JC CB. Enrolled patients: TC WH GS PK CB. Database management and data preparation: TR JC. All authors meet ICMJE criteria for authorship.