Simbolo, Michele
Vicentini, Caterina
Mafficini, Andrea
Fassan, Matteo
Pedron, Serena
Corbo, Vincenzo
Mastracci, Luca
Rusev, Borislav
Pedrazzani, Corrado
Landoni, Luca
Grillo, Federica
Cingarlini, Sara
Rindi, Guido
Luchini, Claudio
Scarpa, Aldo http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1678-739X
Lawlor, Rita T.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (AIRC 5x1000 n. 12182)
Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (FIRB RBAP10AHJB)
Article History
Received: 25 June 2018
Revised: 6 August 2018
Accepted: 27 August 2018
First Online: 16 September 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: The materials used have been collected under Ethics Committee Approval (ECA) of both institutions. The study at the University of Verona received local ECA n. 55893/2017 in relation to Program 1885 protocol 52438 on 23 November 2010 which includes informed consent of the patient for the creation of a coordinated biobank for the collection of samples from all cancer patients that include neoplastic and associated local and distant normal tissue. An analogous approval was received by the local ethics committee of San Martino-Genova, ECA n.029/2012.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.