Funding for this research was provided by:
American Cancer Society (PF-17-020-01-CPPB)
National Institutes of Health (L30CA208950, 1T32HL134632-01 (PI Malhotra))
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (I01BX003688)
Article History
Received: 6 September 2019
Accepted: 3 January 2020
First Online: 21 January 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: This study was conducted at the VA San Diego Healthcare System. All human investigations were performed after approval by the VA San Diego Healthcare System institutional review board (protocol # H150158) and in accord with an assurance filed with and approved by the US Department of Health and Human Services and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments.
: Written informed consent was obtained from each participant included in this study.