Keppens, Cleo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4498-8386
Schuuring, Ed http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3655-143X
Dequeker, Elisabeth M. C.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Amgen (not applicable)
Pfizer Oncology (Not applicable)
Article History
Received: 19 March 2020
Revised: 29 October 2020
Accepted: 1 November 2020
First Online: 23 November 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: CK and EMCD have nothing to declare. ES received honoraria for consultancy/advisory board from AstraZeneca, MSD/Merck, Roche, Pfizer, Bayer, Novartis, BMS, BioRad, Illumina, Ageno BioSciences, Janssen Cilag (Johnson&Johnson), and BioCartis; speaker’s fee from AstraZeneca, Ageno BioSciences, Roche, Pfizer, Novartis, BioRad, Illumina, and BioCartis; and (unrestricted) grants from Boehringer Ingelheim, BMS, Biocartis, BioRad, Ageno BioSciences, and Roche (all outside the submitted work and fees to UMCG).
: The samples originated from tissue blocks of leftover patient material obtained during routine care. Each scheme organizer signed a subcontractor agreement stating that the way in which the samples were obtained conformed to the national legal requirements for the use of patient samples. The samples were excluded from research regulations requiring informed consent.