About the Authors
- Phillip J. Whiley
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Affiliations QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Michael T. Parsons
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Affiliation QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Jennifer Leary
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Affiliation Familial Cancer Service, Westmead Institute for Cancer Research, University of Sydney at Westmead Millennium Institute, Westmead Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Kathy Tucker
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Affiliation Hereditary Cancer Clinic, Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Sydney, NSW, Australia
- Linda Warwick
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Affiliation Genetics Department, The Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT, Australia
- Belinda Dopita
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Affiliation Genetics Department, The Canberra Hospital, Canberra, ACT, Australia
- Heather Thorne
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Affiliation kConFab, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Sunil R. Lakhani
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Affiliation The University of Queensland, UQ Centre for Clinical Research and School of Medicine, and Pathology Queensland, The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- David E. Goldgar
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Affiliation Huntsman Cancer Institute and Department of Dermatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
- Melissa A. Brown
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Affiliation School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
- Amanda B. Spurdle
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* E-mail: Amanda.Spurdle@qimrberghofer.edu.au
Affiliation QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Competing Interests
David E. Goldgar declares royalties on BRCA1 and BRCA2 testing from Myriad Genetics. The other authors declare that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PJW ABS MAB DEG SRL. Performed the experiments: PJW MTP SRL. Analyzed the data: PJW SRL DEG MAB ABS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL KT BD HT LW SRL. Wrote the paper: PJW ABS.