About the Authors

Sara Gandini

sara.gandini@ieo.it

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Esther De Vries

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Giulio Tosti

Affiliation Division of Melanoma and Muscle-Cutaneous Sarcomas, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Edoardo Botteri

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Giuseppe Spadola

Affiliation Division of Melanoma and Muscle-Cutaneous Sarcomas, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Patrick Maisonneuve

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Chiara Martinoli

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Arjen Joosse

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Pier Francesco Ferrucci

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Federica Baldini

Affiliation Division of Melanoma and Muscle-Cutaneous Sarcomas, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Emilia Cocorocchio

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Elisabetta Pennacchioli

Affiliation Division of Melanoma and Muscle-Cutaneous Sarcomas, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Francesco Cataldo

Affiliation Division of Melanoma and Muscle-Cutaneous Sarcomas, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Barbara Bazolli

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Alessandra Clerici

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Massimo Barberis

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Veronique Bataille

Contributed equally to this work with: Veronique Bataille, Alessandro Testori

Affiliation Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology Unit, King’s College, London, United Kingdom

Alessandro Testori

Contributed equally to this work with: Veronique Bataille, Alessandro Testori

Affiliation Division of Melanoma and Muscle-Cutaneous Sarcomas, European Institute of Oncology, Milan, Italy

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG EV AT. Performed the experiments: GT GS FB EC PFF EP FC BB AC MB. Analyzed the data: SG EB PM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MB. Wrote the manuscript: SG EV VB EB. Interpreting the data: SG EB PM CM AJ VB.