Lin, Peng
Wen, Dong-yue
Chen, Ling
Li, Xin
Li, Sheng-hua
Yan, Hai-biao
He, Rong-quan
Chen, Gang
He, Yun
Yang, Hong
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Guangxi Science and Technology Program (GuiKeAB17195020)
Fund of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC81260222)
Innovation Project of Guangxi Graduate Education (YCSW2018104)
Article History
Received: 1 April 2019
Revised: 11 June 2019
Accepted: 12 July 2019
First Online: 8 August 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Hong Yang.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: One of the authors (Ling Chen) has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was not required for this study because all patients’ data included in this study are publicly and freely available for scientific purposes (The Cancer Genome Atlas Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma [TCGA-BLCA]).
: Institutional Review Board approval was not required because all patients’ data included in this study are publicly and freely available for scientific purposes (The Cancer Genome Atlas-Bladder Urothelial Carcinoma [TCGA-BLCA]).
: • retrospective• diagnostic or prognostic study• performed at one institution