Bhargava, Sameer
Akslen, Lars Andreas
Bukholm, Ida Rashida Khan
Hofvind, Solveig http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0178-8939
Funding for this research was provided by:
EkstraStiftelsen Helse og Rehabilitering (2016/FO76429)
Article History
Received: 8 August 2018
Revised: 11 December 2018
Accepted: 15 January 2019
First Online: 14 February 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Solveig Hofvind.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: One of the authors has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was waived by the institutional review board (the Regional Ethical Committee approved the use of the data for the study).
: Institutional review board approval was obtained. This study has been approved by the Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics in South-eastern Norway, REC South East (2013/795).
: This cohort is used in several studies from the Cancer Registry of Norway. However, this paper represents an original study which has not been performed previously.
: • prospective• Cohort study (historic cohort)• Performed at one institution