About the Authors

Katrzyna Jaworska

Contributed equally to this work with: Katrzyna Jaworska, Satish Gupta

Affiliations International Hereditary Cancer Centre, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland, Postgraduate School of Molecular Medicine, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland

Satish Gupta

Contributed equally to this work with: Katrzyna Jaworska, Satish Gupta

Affiliations International Hereditary Cancer Centre, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland, Postgraduate School of Molecular Medicine, Warsaw Medical University, Warsaw, Poland

Katarzyna Durda

Affiliation International Hereditary Cancer Centre, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Magdalena Muszyńska

Affiliation International Hereditary Cancer Centre, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Grzegorz Sukiennicki

Affiliation International Hereditary Cancer Centre, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Ewa Jaworowska

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Tomasz Grodzki

Affiliation Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Mieczysław Sulikowski

Affiliation Maxillofacial Surgery, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Piotr Woloszczyk

Affiliation Department of Toxicology and Molecular Pathobiochemistry, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Janusz Wójcik

Affiliation Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Jakub Lubiński

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology and Laryngological Oncology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Cezary Cybulski

Affiliation International Hereditary Cancer Centre, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Tadeusz Dębniak

Affiliation International Hereditary Cancer Centre, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Marcin Lener

Affiliation International Hereditary Cancer Centre, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Antoni W. Morawski

Affiliation Department of Water Technology and Environment Engineering, Institute of Chemical and Environment Engineering, West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland

Karol Krzystolik

Affiliation Chair and Clinic of Ophthalmology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Steven A. Narod

Affiliation Women’s College Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ping Sun

Affiliation Women’s College Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Jan Lubiński

Affiliation International Hereditary Cancer Centre, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Anna Jakubowska

aniaj@sci.pam.szczecin.pl

Affiliation International Hereditary Cancer Centre, Department of Genetics and Pathology, Pomeranian Medical University, Szczecin, Poland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Collected blood samples and clinical informations from lung cancer patients: TG PW JW. Collected blood samples and clinical informations from laryngeal cancer patients: EJ MS Jakub Lubiński. Collected blood samples and clinical informations from healthy controls: KJ SG KD MM GS CC TD ML KK. Revised critically and approved final of the version to be published: KJ SG KD MM GS EJ TG MS PW JW Jakub Lubiński CC TD ML AWM KK PS Jan Lubiński. Conceived and designed the experiments: KJ SG Jan Lubiński AJ. Performed the experiments: KJ SG KD MM GS EJ TG MS PW JW Jakub Lubiński CC TD ML AWM AJ. Analyzed the data: KJ SG KD SAN PS Jan Lubiński AJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM GS EJ TG MS PW JW Jakub Lubiński CC TD ML AWM KK Jan Lubiński AJ. Wrote the paper: SAN AJ.