In the article “Risk Prediction for Epithelial Ovarian Cancer in 11 United States–Based Case-Control Studies: Incorporation of Epidemiologic Risk Factors and 17 Confirmed Genetic Loci” (1) by Clyde et al., Paul D. Pharaoh was omitted from the list of authors. The byline has been changed to read as follows: Merlise A. Clyde, Rachel Palmieri Weber, Edwin S. Iversen, Elizabeth M. Poole, Jennifer A. Doherty, Marc T. Goodman, Roberta B. Ness, Harvey A. Risch, Mary Anne Rossing, Kathryn L. Terry, Nicolas Wentzensen, Alice S. Whittemore, Hoda Anton-Culver, Elisa V. Bandera, Andrew Berchuck, Michael E. Carney, Daniel W. Cramer, Julie M. Cunningham, Kara L. Cushing-Haugen, Robert P. Edwards, Brooke L. Fridley, Ellen L. Goode, Galina Lurie, Valerie McGuire, Francesmary Modugno, Kirsten B. Moysich, Sara H. Olson, Celeste Leigh Pearce, Malcolm C. Pike, Joseph H. Rothstein, Thomas A. Sellers, Weiva Sieh, Daniel Stram, Pamela J. Thompson, Robert A. Vierkant, Kristine G. Wicklund, Anna H. Wu, Argyrios Ziogas, Paul D. Pharoah, Shelley S. Tworoger, and Joellen M. Schildkraut, on behalf of the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium.
Dr. Pharoah is affiliated with the Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom. He was funded through the Genetic Associations and Mechanisms in Oncology (GAME-ON): a National Cancer Institute Cancer Post-Genome-Wide Association Study Initiative (grant U19-CA148112) and has no conflicts of interest.
The authors regret this error.
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