An Information-Theoretic Analysis of Genetics, Gender and Age in Cancer Patients

• Gurinder Singh Atwal ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Gurinder Singh Atwal, Gareth L. Bond

  Affiliation The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Raúl Rabadán,

  Affiliation The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Guillermina Lozano,

  Affiliation The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Louise C. Strong,

  Affiliation The University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

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• Mariëlle W. G. Ruijs,

  Affiliations Family Cancer Clinic, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Clinical Genetics and Human Genetics, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Marjanka K. Schmidt,

  Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Laura J. van't Veer,

  Affiliation Family Cancer Clinic, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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• Heli Nevanlinna,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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• Johanna Tommiska,

  Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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• Kristiina Aittomäki,

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Genetics, Helsinki University Central Hospital, Helsinki, Finland

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• Gaelle Bougeard,

  Affiliation Inserm U614 and Department of Genetics, Rouen University Hospital, Institute for Biomedical Research, Rouen, France

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• Thierry Frebourg,

  Affiliation Inserm U614 and Department of Genetics, Rouen University Hospital, Institute for Biomedical Research, Rouen, France

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• Arnold J. Levine,

  Affiliations The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States of America

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• Gareth L. Bond

  Contributed equally to this work with: Gurinder Singh Atwal, Gareth L. Bond

  * E-mail: gareth.bond@ndm.ox.ac.uk

  Current address: The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, Old Road Campus Research Building Division (ORCRB), University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

  Affiliation The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

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