aDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Public Health, University of South Florida
bDepartment of Cancer Epidemiology, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, Tampa, Florida
cIcahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Tisch Cancer Institute, New York City, New York
dDepartment of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
eDivision of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Hillman Cancer Canter, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
fVinUniversity Project-Health Sciences
gVinmec Healthcare System
hVietnam Colorectal Cancer and Polyp Research Program, Vinmec Healthcare System
iVietnam National Cancer Hospital
jVietnam National Cancer Institute
kDepartment of Gastroenterology, Bach Mai Hospital
lDepartment of Infectious Disease, Bach Mai Hospital, Hanoi, Vietnam
mDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
*Paolo Boffetta and Hung N. Luu contributed equally to the writing of this article.
Received 21 August 2018 Accepted 23 August 2018
Correspondence to Hung N. Luu, MD, PhD, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, University of Pittsburgh Hillman Cancer Center, UPMC Cancer Pavilion, 5150 Centre Avenue, Suite 4C, Room 466, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, USA Tel: + 1 412 623 3386; fax: + 1 412 623 3303; e-mail: [email protected]