About the Authors

Karla Hemming

k.hemming@bham.ac.uk

Affiliation Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Thomas Pinkney

Affiliation School of Cancer Sciences, University Hospital Birmingham, NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Kay Futaba

Affiliation School of Cancer Sciences, University Hospital Birmingham, NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Mary Pennant

Affiliation Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Dion G. Morton

Affiliation School of Cancer Sciences, University Hospital Birmingham, NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Richard J. Lilford

Affiliation Public Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KH RJL. Analyzed the data: KH MP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KH TP KF MP DGM RJL. Wrote the paper: KH TP KF MP DGM RJL.