About the Authors

Marilena Monica Vece

Affiliations Department of Biomedical Science and Human Oncology, Aldo Moro University of Bari, Bari, Italy, Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

Claudia Agnoli

Affiliation Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

Sara Grioni

Affiliation Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

Sabina Sieri

sabina.sieri@istitutotumori.mi.it

Affiliation Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

Valeria Pala

Affiliation Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

Nicoletta Pellegrini

Affiliation Department of Food Science, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Graziella Frasca

Affiliation Cancer Registry, Department of Prevention, ASP 7, Ragusa, Italy

Rosario Tumino

Affiliation Cancer Registry, Department of Prevention, ASP 7, Ragusa, Italy

Amalia Mattiello

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Salvatore Panico

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy

Benedetta Bendinelli

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

Giovanna Masala

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

Fulvio Ricceri

Affiliations Unit of Epidemiology, Regional Health Service ASL TO3, Grugliasco (TO), Italy, Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, University of Turin and Center for Cancer Prevention, Turin, Italy

Carlotta Sacerdote

Affiliation Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, University of Turin and Center for Cancer Prevention, Turin, Italy

Vittorio Krogh

Affiliation Epidemiology and Prevention Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMV VK. Performed the experiments: MMV CA. Analyzed the data: MMV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NP. Wrote the paper: MMV CA SG SS VP NP GF RT AM SP BB GM FR CS VK.