Kinnunen, P. T. T. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1432-9272
Murtola, T. J.
Talala, K.
Taari, K.
Tammela, T. L. J.
Auvinen, A.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Academy of Finland (132385, 260 931)
Pirkanmaa Hospital District (150640)
Article History
Received: 11 December 2018
Accepted: 12 June 2019
First Online: 17 June 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: We declare the following competing interests—PTT Kinnunen and K Talala: no competing interests. TJ Murtola: paid consultant for Astellas and Janssen-Cilag, and lecture fees from Astellas, Janssen-Cilag, Abbvie, and MSD. K Taari: research funding from Medivation, Astellas, Pfizer, and Orion, and travel support from Astellas. TLJ Tammela: paid consultant for Astellas, Orion Pharma, and Janssen-Cilag. A Auvinen: lecture fee from MSD, and paid consultant for Epid Research Inc.
: The study has been approved by the Ethical Committee of Pirkanmaa Hospital District (Committee’s reference number R10167). This study is based on register data collected routinely for other purposes. Thus, no informed consent is needed based on international practices.