Tiainen, Satu http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5673-8851
Masarwah, Amro
Oikari, Sanna
Rilla, Kirsi
Hämäläinen, Kirsi
Sudah, Mazen
Sutela, Anna
Vanninen, Ritva
Ikonen, Juho
Tammi, Raija
Tammi, Markku
Auvinen, Päivi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Finnish Society for Oncology
Special Government Funding of Kuopio University Hospital (5654132)
Article History
Received: 31 August 2019
Accepted: 5 November 2019
First Online: 12 November 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
:
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the ethical standards of The Ethics Committee of the University of Eastern Finland (February 24, 2009, 19//2009), the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health (VALVIRA, April 8, 2009, 1928/05.01.00.06/2009), and the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards.
: Informed consent was not required since this is a retrospective study conducted on already available biological material, and obtaining informed consent from all the patients would have been impossible. Ethical approval was provided by the National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health (VALVIRA, April 8, 2009, 1928/05.01.00.06/2009).