Cui, Yi
Ren, Shangjie
Tha, Khin Khin
Wu, Jia
Shirato, Hiroki
Li, Ruijiang
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Cancer Institute (R01 CA193730)
Article History
Received: 5 October 2016
Revised: 10 January 2017
Accepted: 16 January 2017
First Online: 6 February 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Dr. Ruijiang Li.
: The authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: This research was partially funded by the NIH (grant number: R01 CA193730), and partially supported by the Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE), Hokkaido University, founded by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan. Part of the data used in this research was obtained from The Cancer Imaging Archive (TCIA) sponsored by the Cancer Imaging Program, DCTD/NCI/NIH.
: One of the authors has significant statistical expertise.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: Written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board.
: • retrospective• diagnostic or prognostic study• multicentre study