de Ruiter, Emma J. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0369-8267
de Roest, Reinout H.
Brakenhoff, Ruud H.
Leemans, C. René
de Bree, Remco
Terhaard, Chris H. J.
Willems, Stefan M.
Funding for this research was provided by:
KWF Kankerbestrijding (A6C 7072)
Article History
Received: 14 August 2019
Accepted: 4 January 2020
First Online: 24 January 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: The use of anonymous archival leftover material from patients treated in the UMC Utrecht and in the Amsterdam University Medical Center was approved by the Biobank Research Ethics Committee of the UMC Utrecht (Protocol Number 18–233).
: For this study, only anonymous archival leftover pathology material was used. Therefore, no informed consent is required according to Dutch legislation (ExternalRef removed), as this use of redundant tissue for research purposes is part of the standard treatment agreement with patients in hospitals in The Netherlands [CitationRef removed].