About the Authors

Giovanna Masala

g.masala@ispo.toscana.it

Affiliation Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute (ISPO), Florence, Italy

Melania Assedi

Affiliation Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute (ISPO), Florence, Italy

Benedetta Bendinelli

Affiliation Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute (ISPO), Florence, Italy

Ilaria Ermini

Affiliation Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute (ISPO), Florence, Italy

Daniela Occhini

Affiliation Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute (ISPO), Florence, Italy

Sabina Sieri

Affiliation Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Department of Preventive & Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

Furio Brighenti

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Università di Parma, Parma, Italy

Marco Rosselli del Turco

Affiliation European School of Oncology ESO (Consultant), Milan, Italy

Daniela Ambrogetti

Affiliation Cancer Screening Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute (ISPO), Florence, Italy

Domenico Palli

Affiliation Molecular and Nutritional Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute (ISPO), Florence, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GM DP. Performed the experiments: IE DO DA MRdT. Analyzed the data: MA BB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FB SS MRdT DA. Wrote the paper: GM DP. Revised the final draft for important critical content: GM MA BB IE DO SS FB MRdT DA DP.