Lin, X. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7321-8970
Wang, Y.
Article History
Received: 29 January 2018
Accepted: 29 March 2018
First Online: 9 April 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
: 40 clinical samples and correspondingly normal tissues (NT) were resected postoperatively from PC patients (PC, stage III), during 2009 and 2011 from The Fourth Hospital of Harbin Medical University. All patients signed the written informed consent. All the patients were diagnosed with pathological and/or cytological examinations done by experienced pathologists based on the WHO classification criteria. Samples were collected before patients receiving chemotherapy or radiotherapy. All the samples were immediately saved at − 70 °C for further amplification. The follow-up lasted for 5 years for all the patients.
: For the use of these clinical materials for research purposes, prior patient consents and approval from the Institutional Research Ethics Committee were obtained.