About the Authors

David Robinson

drobinson@telia.com

Affiliations Department of Surgery and Perioperative Sciences, Urology and Andrology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden, Department of Urology, Ryhov County Hospital, Jönköping, Sweden

Hans Garmo

Affiliations Regional Cancer Centre, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden, King´s College London, Medical School, Division of Cancer Studies, Cancer Epidemiology Group, London, United Kingdom

Pär Stattin

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Perioperative Sciences, Urology and Andrology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

Karl Michaëlsson

Affiliation Orthopedics Section, Department of Surgical Sciences and Uppsala Clinical Research Center, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DR HG PS KM. Performed the experiments: DR HG PS KM. Analyzed the data: DR HG PS KM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DR HG PS KM. Wrote the paper: DR HG PS KM. Financial support: DR PS KM.