Gallo, Valentina
Lai, Antonia
Pasquo, Alessandra
Almaviva, Salvatore
Iacobelli, Stefano
Persichetti, Luca
Capellini, Giovanni
Antonini, Giovanni
Article History
Received: 5 June 2020
Revised: 7 August 2020
Accepted: 19 August 2020
First Online: 2 September 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
: Serum samples were kindly provided by Prof. Stefano Iacobelli and belonged to those collected in the study by Yahalom G. et al. “An Antibody-based Blood Test Utilizing a Panel of Biomarkers as a New Method for Improved Breast Cancer Diagnosis,” <i>Biomark Cancer</i>. 2013; 5: 71–80 (study registration ID: NCT00331942). All blood samples were collected with approval of the EC of the University G. D’Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Italy (Department of Oncology and Neurosciences), which served as local Institutional Review Board (IRB) after each participant signed an informed consent.
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.