Carbone, Michele http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8928-8474
Arron, Sarah T.
Beutler, Bruce http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3639-246X
Bononi, Angela
Cavenee, Webster
Cleaver, James E.
Croce, Carlo M.
D’Andrea, Alan http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6168-6294
Foulkes, William D. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7427-4651
Gaudino, Giovanni http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1572-6571
Groden, Joanna L.
Henske, Elizabeth P.
Hickson, Ian D. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0583-566X
Hwang, Paul M.
Kolodner, Richard D.
Mak, Tak W.
Malkin, David
Monnat, Raymond J. Jr
Novelli, Flavia
Pass, Harvey I.
Petrini, John H.
Schmidt, Laura S.
Yang, Haining
Article History
Accepted: 23 April 2020
First Online: 29 May 2020
Competing interests
: M.C. and H.Y. report funding from the US National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (1R01ES030948-01 (M.C and H.Y.)), the US National Cancer Institute (1R01CA237235-01A1 (M.C. and H.Y.) and 1R01CA198138 (M.C.)), the US Department of Defense (CA150671 (M.C. and H.Y.)) and the University of Hawai’i Foundation through donations from Riviera United-4 a Cure (M.C. and H.Y.), the Melohn Family Endowment, Honeywell International Inc., the Germaine Hope Brennan Foundation and the Maurice and Joanna Sullivan Family Foundation (M.C.). M.C. has a patent issued entitled ‘Methods for diagnosing a predisposition to develop cancer’. M.C. and H.Y. have a patent issued entitled ‘Using anti-HMGB1 monoclonal antibody or other HMGB1 antibodies as a novel mesothelioma therapeutic strategy’ and a patent issued entitled ‘HMGB1 as a biomarker for asbestos exposure and mesothelioma early detection’. M.C. is a board-certified pathologist who provides consultation for pleural pathology, including medical–legal consultation. A.D. receives research funding from Eli Lilly and Merck KGaA (EMD Serono), has served on advisory boards for Eli Lilly, Merck KGaA (EMD Serono), Sierra Oncology, Intellia and Formation Biologics and holds equity in Ideaya Inc., Cyteir Therapeutics and Cedilla Therapeutics Inc. I.D.H. is supported by the Danish National Research Foundation (grant no. DNRF115) and by the Nordea Foundation. R.J.M. is supported by grants from the US National Cancer Institute, the US National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund.. The work of R.J.M. is funded by US National Institutes of Health award NCI P01 077852 and by research awards from the Fanconi Anemia Research Fund and the US Department of Defense Bone Marrow Failure Program. R.J.M. holds equity in bluebird bio and has performed consulting work for Flagship Pioneering. H.I.P. reports funding from the US National Cancer Institute, the US Department of Defense, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Genentech, and Belluck & Fox. R.D.K. received research support from the US National Institutes of Health (GM26017 and GM50006) and the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research. He is an inventor on patents covering many aspects of mismatch repair genes, all of which are assigned to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. L.S.S. reports funding in part through US federal funds from the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Institutes of Health, under contract HHSN261200800001E. J.H.P. is supported by US National Institute of General Medical Science and US National Cancer Institute grants and the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center Core Grant P30 CA008748, licenses reagents through Novus Biologicals and is a consultant for ATROPOS Therapeutics. H.I.P and H.Y. received research support for the Early Detection Research Network, US National Cancer Institute (U01CA111295-08). S.T.A., B.B., A.B., W.C., J.E.C., C.M.C., W.D.F., G.G., J.L.G., E.P.H., P.M.H., T.W.M., D.M. and F.N., declare no competing interests.