Ullrich, Anneke http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1759-4461
Rath, Hilke Maria
Otto, Ullrich
Kerschgens, Christa
Raida, Martin
Hagen-Aukamp, Christa
Bergelt, Corinna
Funding for this research was provided by:
North Rhine-Westfalia Association for the Fight against Cancer, Germany
Article History
First Online: 16 November 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: Authors Ullrich, Rath, Otto, Kerschgens, Raida, Hagen-Aukamp and Bergelt declare that they have no competing interest.
: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2000 (5).
: Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study. The study was approved by the ethics committee of the General Medical Council of Hamburg (PV3547) as well as the department of data security of the German Pension Insurance Agency, Berlin.