aUnit of Medical Statistics and Biometry, National Cancer Institute, IRCCS Foundation, Milan, Italy
bGenetic and Molecular Epidemiology Group, Spanish National Cancer Research Center (CNIO), Madrid
cCIBERONC, Spain
dGastrocentrum, Karolinska Institutet and University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
eCentre for Public Health, Belfast, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK
fDepartment of Surgery, Technical University of Munich, Munich
gDepartment of Visceral, Vascular and Endocrine Surgery, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle (Saale), Germany
hHospital Universitari Vall d’Hebron, Vall d’Hebron Research Institute (VHIR), Barcelona, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona
iCIBEREHD
jDepartment of Gastroenterology, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona
kDepartment of Surgery, University Hospital 12 de Octubre
lHospital Universitario Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain
mBarts Cancer Institute, Centre for Molecular Oncology, Queen Mary University of London, John Vane Science Centre, London
nDepartment of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, The Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool, UK
oHospital del Mar—Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona
pDepartment of Medicine, Instituto Universitario de Oncología del Principado de Asturias, Oviedo
qCIBERESP, Spain
rDepartment of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Giessen and Marburg, Marburg, Germany
sMolecular Genetics Laboratory, General University Hospital of Elche
tDepartment of Gastroenterology, University Clinical Hospital of Santiago de Compostela
uGeneral and Digestive Surgery Department, Salamanca University Hospital, Elche, Santiago de Compostela, and Salamanca, Spain
vNational Cancer Registry Ireland and HRB Clinical Research Facility, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
wARC-Net centre for Applied Research on Cancer and Department of Pathology and Diagnostics, University and Hospital trust of Verona, Verona, Italy
xMadrid-Norte-Sanchinarro Hospital, Madrid, Spain
yNewcastle University, Institute of Health & Society, Newcastle, UK
zDepartment of Oncology, Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, IRYCIS, Alcala University
aaEpithelial Carcinogenesis Group
bbSpanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), Madrid
ccDepartament de Ciències Experimentals i de la Salut, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain
ddDepartment of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
*Dr. Gómez-Rubio and Dr. Molina-Montes contributed equally to the writing of this article.
Received 14 July 2019 Accepted 2 February 2020
In Memoriam Liam Murray.
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Correspondence to Núria Malats, MD, MPH, PhD, Genetic and Molecular Epidemiology Group, Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), C/Melchor Fernandez Almagro, 3, 28029 Madrid, Spain, Tel: +34 917328000; fax: +34912246980; e-mail: [email protected]