About the Authors
- Sajjad Rafiq
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Affiliation Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics Research Group, Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Hants, United Kingdom
- Sofia Khan
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Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- William Tapper
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Affiliation Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics Research Group, Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Hants, United Kingdom
- Andrew Collins
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Affiliation Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics Research Group, Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Hants, United Kingdom
- Rosanna Upstill-Goddard
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Affiliation Genetic Epidemiology and Bioinformatics Research Group, Human Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Hants, United Kingdom
- Susan Gerty
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Affiliation Clinical Trials Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, Hants, United Kingdom
- Carl Blomqvist
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Affiliation Department of Oncology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Kristiina Aittomäki
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Affiliation Department of Clinical Genetics, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Fergus J. Couch
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Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America
- Jianjun Liu
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Affiliation Human Genetics, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore
- Heli Nevanlinna
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Contributed equally to this work with: Heli Nevanlinna, Diana Eccles
Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
- Diana Eccles
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Contributed equally to this work with: Heli Nevanlinna, Diana Eccles
* E-mail: d.m.eccles@soton.ac.uk
Affiliation Cancer Sciences Division, University of Southampton, School of Medicine, Southampton General Hospital, Hants, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: DE HN AC SR WT. Performed the experiments: SR SK RUG SG KA FJC JL. Analyzed the data: SR SK WT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FJC JL DE HN SG KA CB. Wrote the paper: SR SK HN DE.