Babic, Ana
Zhang, Xuehong
Morales-Oyarvide, Vicente
Yuan, Chen
Khalaf, Natalia
Khalili, Hamed
Lochhead, Paul
Chan, Andrew T.
Ogino, Shuji
Wolpin, Brian M.
Wu, Kana
Fuchs, Charles S.
Giovannucci, Edward L.
Stampfer, Meir J.
Ng, Kimmie
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health (CA222159, CA188126, CA151993, CA197735, CA118553, CA205406)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health
American Cancer Society (RSG130476)
Crohn's and Colitis Foundation (N/A)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health
Cancer Research UK (N/A, N/A)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Defense (CA160344)
Article History
Received: 7 January 2020
Revised: 5 May 2020
Accepted: 28 May 2020
First Online: 16 June 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and those of participating registries as required. Completion of the baseline questionnaire was considered to imply informed consent.
: Information on obtaining access to NHS, NHSII and HPFS data is available at ExternalRef removed (email: nhsaccess@channing.harvard.edu) and ExternalRef removed.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This work was supported by following research grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH): UM1 CA167552, UO1 CA176726, UO1 CA186107, P01 CA55075 and P01 CA87969. Additional support from NIH K07 CA222159 to A.B.; NIH K07 CA188126 and American Cancer Society Research Scholar Grant (RSG130476) to X.Z.; NIH R01 CA151993 and R35 CA197735 to S.O.; NIH R01 CA118553 to C.S.F.; Cancer Research UK Grand Challenge OPTIMISTICC Project award to S.O. and K.N.; Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation to P.L., NIH R01 CA205406, DOD CA160344 and Project P Fund to K.N. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health. The funding sources played no role in study design, data collection, data analysis, interpretations of results or manuscript preparation.