Holm-Rasmussen, Emil Villiam http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8402-2703
Jensen, Maj-Britt
Balslev, Eva
Kroman, Niels
Tvedskov, Tove Filtenborg
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kræftens Bekæmpelse (R130-A8152-15-S38)
Rigshospitalet (E-22335-01)
Article History
Received: 27 February 2019
Accepted: 7 March 2019
First Online: 14 March 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: The register-based study was approved by the Data Protection Agency (J. No. RH-2015-262) and the Danish Patient Safety Authority (J. No. 3-3013-1443/1/). Approvals from Ethical Committees are not needed for registry-based research in Denmark.
: The Danish Breast Cancer Group administering the Danish Breast Cancer Database is approved by the National Health Data Authorities (J. No. 14/915974.). The Central Denmark Region holds permission to collect, store, and process data in the Danish Breast Cancer Database on all persons diagnosed with cancer in Denmark without obtaining individual consent (J. No. KPU-2001-04-2001-54-0277). In Denmark, informed consent is not required for register-based research that does not involve contact with study participants or biological samples.