Funding for this research was provided by:
Karolinska Institute
Article History
Received: 25 June 2023
Revised: 23 September 2023
Accepted: 1 November 2023
First Online: 2 January 2024
Declarations
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Fredrik Strand, Karolinska Institutet.
: One of the authors (Fredrik Strand) of this manuscript declares relationships with the following companies: Lunit, Pfizer. The other authors of this manuscript declare no relationships with any companies, whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: One of the authors (Fredrik Strand) has significant statistical expertise.No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: Written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained (Regional Ethical Review Board in Stockholm).
: Some study subjects or cohorts have been previously reported in doi: and doi.org/, doi.org/.
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