About the Authors

Chiara Campo

c.campo@dkfz.de

Affiliations Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Aleksandra Köhler

Affiliation Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Gisella Figlioli

Affiliations Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Rossella Elisei

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Cristina Romei

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Monica Cipollini

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Franco Bambi

Affiliation Blood Centre, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria A. Meyer, Firenze, Italy

Kari Hemminki

Affiliations Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany, Center for Primary Health Care Research, Clinical Research Center, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

Federica Gemignani

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Stefano Landi

Affiliation Department of Biology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Asta Försti

Affiliations Division of Molecular Genetic Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany, Center for Primary Health Care Research, Clinical Research Center, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden

Competing Interests

No potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: KH FG SL AF. Data curation: KH FG SL AF. Formal analysis: CC. Funding acquisition: KH FG SL AF. Investigation: CC AK GF. Methodology: CC AF. Project administration: CC AK GF KH AF MC. Resources: CC RE CR FB KH AF. Software: CC AK GF. Supervision: AF. Validation: CC AF. Visualization: CC. Writing – original draft: CC. Writing – review & editing: CC AF.