Bräuer, Christian
Lefere, Philippe
Gryspeerdt, Stefaan
Ringl, Helmut
Al-Mukhtar, Ali
Apfaltrer, Paul
Berzaczy, Dominik
Füger, Barbara
Furtner, Julia
Müller-Mang, Christina
Pones, Matthias
Scharitzer, Martina
Woitek, Ramona
Graser, Anno
Weber, Michael
Mang, Thomas
Funding for this research was provided by:
Medical University of Vienna
Article History
Received: 17 December 2017
Revised: 13 February 2018
Accepted: 7 March 2018
First Online: 14 May 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Thomas Mang.
: 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.
: Mag. Dr. Michael Weber from the Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy of the Medical University of Vienna kindly provided statistical advice for this manuscript.
: Written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained by the Institutional Review Board of the Medical University of Vienna.
: Because we have included patients from three previously published screening trials (data from one trial is freely accessible, provided by the National Cancer Institute), some of the patient datasets have been part of previous studies by other authors for different clinical and scientific purposes beyond that of assessing size differences due to electronic cleansing and window settings, which is stated and referenced in the manuscript.Some study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported in the following three studies: Lefere et al. [CitationRef removed], Pickhardt et al. [CitationRef removed] and Graser et al. [CitationRef removed].
: • retrospective• diagnostic or prognostic study• performed at one institution