Tahkola, Kyösti http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1626-5690
Ahtiainen, Maarit
Kellokumpu, Ilmo
Mecklin, Jukka-Pekka
Laukkarinen, Johanna
Laakkonen, Joni
Kenessey, Istvan
Jalkanen, Sirpa
Salmi, Marko
Böhm, Jan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Finnish Cancer Foundation (1)
Jane ja Aatos Erkon Säätiö (1)
Academy of Finland (1, 1)
Syöpäsäätiö (1, 1, 1)
Article History
Received: 27 February 2020
Revised: 12 June 2020
Accepted: 7 July 2020
First Online: 16 July 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
: The use of patient samples and the data inquiry were approved by the Oulu University Hospital Ethics Committee. The need to obtain written or oral consent from patients to use their samples in research was waived by the Finnish National Authority for Medicolegal Affairs (VALVIRA, Dnro 10832/06.01.03.01/2014).
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.