Stephen, J. K.
Chen, K. M.
Merritt, J.
Chitale, D.
Divine, G.
Worsham, M. J.
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Institutes of Health (CA159426)
Article History
Received: 13 April 2017
Accepted: 26 May 2017
First Online: 13 June 2017
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict 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.
: For this retrospective study, formal consent is not required. The current IRB is authorized for chart review and collection of discarded thyroid tissue. The latter obviates the need for informed consent.