Blair, A. B.
Dwarakanath, A.
Mehta, A.
Liang, H.
Hui, X.
Wyman, C.
Ouanes, JP P.
Nguyen, H. T.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (5T32CA126607-08)
Article History
Received: 2 December 2016
Accepted: 25 August 2017
First Online: 4 September 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: AB declares no conflict of interest. AD declares no conflict of interest. AM declares no conflict of interest. HL declares no conflict of interest. XH declares no conflict of interest. CW declares no conflict of interest. JO declares no conflict of interest. HN declares no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional review board (IRB)and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. For this type of study, formal consent is not required as per IRB.
: This is an IRB-approved study, whereby permission was given to review patient information.
: Patients who undergo treatment at our institution initially signed a consent form allowing us to study their clinical outcomes.