Acknowledgements

Thank You

The staff at CBCS wish to thank each and every researcher who has become a part of the CBCS extended study family. As you prepare to publish, please include either or both of the following acknowledgments in your manuscript as directed by the CBCS Steering Committee.

Statement of Ethics

The study was approved by the University of North Carolina Institutional Review Board in accordance with U.S. Common Rule. All study participants provided written informed consent prior to study entry. This study complied with relevant ethical regulations, including the Declaration of Helsinki.

Standard Acknowledgement

This research was supported by a grant from UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, which is funded by the University Cancer Research Fund (UCRF) of North Carolina, the Susan G Komen Foundation (OGUNC1202, OG22873776, OG230001, SAC210102, TREND21686258), National Cancer Institute (R01CA253450), the National Cancer Institute Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) in Breast Cancer (NIH/NCI P50-CA058223), the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (HEI-23-003), and the US Department of Defense (HT94252310235). This research recruited participants &/or obtained data with the assistance of Rapid Case Ascertainment, a collaboration between the North Carolina Central Cancer Registry and UNC Lineberger. RCA is supported by a grant from the National Cancer Institute of the National Institutes of Health (P30CA016086). The findings and conclusions in this [presentation or publication] are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the views of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health.

(if appropriate) Histopathology/Digital Pathology was performed by the Pathology Services Core (PSC) at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. The authors would like to acknowledge the University of North Carolina BioSpecimen Processing Facility (BSP) for sample processing, storage, and sample disbursements (http://bsp.web.unc.edu/). PSC and BSP are supported in party by the NCI Cancer Center Support Grant (P30CA016086). BSP is also supported by the UNC Center for Environmental Health and Susceptibility (CEHS)(P30ES010126).

(if appropriate, choose services performed) Nucleic acid extraction, library preparation, and sequencing were performed by the Lineberger Translational Genomics Lab (TGL) (RRID SCR_025231) at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, which is supported by UCRF.

(if appropriate) We thank the UNC Office of Genomics Research (OGR) for their support. OGR is supported by UCRF, by NCTN Integrated Translational Science Center (UNITS) (NIH/NCI 5UG1CA233333), UNC-CEHS (P30ES010126), and the UNC Breast SPORE (NIH/NCI P50-CA058223).

We are grateful to CBCS participants and study staff.

Conflict of Interest Acknowledgement

(to be used when Dr. Carey is a co-author)
Lisa A. Carey is on the Scientific Advisory Board of the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.