About the Authors

Stine A. Danielsen

Affiliations Department of Cancer Prevention, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Lina Cekaite

Affiliations Department of Cancer Prevention, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Trude H. Ågesen

Affiliations Department of Cancer Prevention, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Anita Sveen

Affiliations Department of Cancer Prevention, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Arild Nesbakken

Affiliations Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Espen Thiis-Evensen

Author also represents the INFAC study group.

Affiliation Department of Organ Transplantation, Gastroenterology, and Nephrology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Rolf I. Skotheim

Affiliations Department of Cancer Prevention, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Guro E. Lind

Affiliations Department of Cancer Prevention, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Ragnhild A. Lothe

Ragnhild.A.Lothe@rr-research.no

Affiliations Department of Cancer Prevention, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, Centre for Cancer Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAD LC RIS GEL RAL. Performed the experiments: SAD LC. Analyzed the data: SAD LC GEL RIS RAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: THÅ AS AN ETE. Wrote the paper: SAD. Careful revision of manuscript and approval of final version: SAD LC THÅ AS AN ETE RIS GEL RAL.