Feigelson, Heather Spencer
McMullen, Carmit K
Madrid, Sarah
Sterrett, Andrew T
Powers, J David
Blum-Barnett, Erica
Pawloski, Pamala A
Ziegenfuss, Jeanette Y
Quinn, Virginia P.
Arterburn, David E
Corley, Douglas A
Funding for this research was provided by:
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (CDRN-1306-04681)
National Cancer Institute (U24 CA171524)
Article History
Received: 17 August 2016
Accepted: 4 January 2017
First Online: 13 January 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: This work was support by Contract No.CDRN-1306-04681 from the Patient Outcomes Research Institute (Awarded to Drs. Elizabeth M. McGlynn and Tracy Lieu). The infrastructure builds upon data structures that receive ongoing support from the National Cancer Institute Cancer (NCI) Research Network (Grant No. U24 CA171524, awarded to Dr. Lawrence H Kushi, PI) and the Kaiser Permanente Center for Effectiveness and Safety Research.
: All authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of KPCO; all other participating health plans ceded oversight to KPCO.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.