Takundwa, Rumbidzai
Suri, Gaurav
Dirnberger, Franziska
Verhoek, Andre
Vinand, Elizabeth
Wang, Jessie
Puntis, Stephen
Pundole, Xerxes
Blackhall, Fiona
Funding for this research was provided by:
Amgen
Article History
Received: 25 July 2025
Accepted: 10 September 2025
First Online: 8 October 2025
Declarations
:
: Rumbidzai Takundwa, Jessie Wang, Stephen Puntis, Xerxes Pundole, and Franziska Dirnberger are employees of Amgen and hold stock/options. Gaurav Suri was an employee of Amgen at the time the study was conducted and holds stock/options. Andre Verhoek and Elizabeth Vinand are employees of Cytel which has received consulting fees from Amgen Inc. for the conduct of this research. Fiona Blackhall is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Manchester Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) (NIHR203308) and reports personal fees for consulting from Amgen.
: Independent ethics committee approval was not required for this study because NCRAS has permission to record cancer data without patient consent under Section 251 of the NHS Act 2006.