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Article History

Received: 13 October 2017

Accepted: 14 May 2018

First Online: 21 May 2018

Compliance with ethical standards

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: Fernando Patolsky received consulting fees from Savicell Diagnostics. Shoval Tirman, Aviv Lutaty, Tali Scheinmann, Eyal Davidovits, Irit Arbel, and Giora Davidovits are employed by Savicell Diagnostics. Shirley Abramovitch and Cynthia Botbol were employed by Savicell Diagnostics. Eyal Davidovits, Irit Arbel, and Giora Davidovits are officers in Savicell Diagnostics. Eyal Davidovits and Giora Davidovits are on the board of directors of Savicell Diagnostics. Yochai Adir, Shoval Tirman, Shirley Abramovitch, Cynthia Botbol, Aviv Lutaty, Tali Scheinmann, Eyal Davidovits, Irit Arbel, Giora Davidovits, and Fernando Patolsky own stock and/or options in Savicell Diagnostics’ parent company. The other authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committees and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments. Institutional review board approval numbers are: 0105-13-CMC for Carmel Medical Center, Haifa; 0274-15-RMB for Rambam Medical Center, Haifa; and 0009-13-TLV for Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv.

: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.