Maitra, Ishaan
Morais, Camilo L. M.
Lima, Kássio M. G.
Ashton, Katherine M.
Bury, Danielle
Date, Ravindra S.
Martin, Francis L.
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Central Lancashire
Article History
Received: 21 February 2020
Revised: 26 March 2020
Accepted: 2 April 2020
First Online: 25 April 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
: Ethical approval was granted by the East of England - Cambridge Central Research Ethics Committee from 2015 (Archival gastro-intestinal tissue, blood, saliva and urine collection; REC reference: 18/EE/0069; IRAS project ID: 242639).
: Ethical approval and material transfer of oesophageal tissue was granted from the parent hospital (Royal Preston Hospital—part of Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) to the University for analysis.
: Three patients included in the study signed a consent form for the tissue being used for analysis and research publication.
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.