Mikkelsen, Vilde Elisabeth http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4740-1154
Solheim, Ole
Salvesen, Øyvind
Torp, Sverre Helge
Funding for this research was provided by:
Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet (0)
National Competence Centre for Ultrasound and Image Guided Therapy (0)
Article History
Received: 27 May 2020
Accepted: 5 October 2020
First Online: 21 October 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: O.S. is a previous unpaid member of a national advisory committee on treatment guidelines for brain tumors. All authors certify that they have no affiliations with or involvement in any organization or entity with any financial interest (such as honoraria; educational grants; participation in speakers’ bureaus; membership, employment, consultancies, stock ownership, or other equity interest; and expert testimony or patent-licensing arrangements), or non-financial interest (such as personal or professional relationships, affiliations, knowledge or beliefs) in the subject matter or materials discussed in this manuscript.
: 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. The study was approved by the Central Regional Ethics Committee as part of a larger project (reference numbers 2011/974 and 2013/1348). This article does not contain any studies with animals performed by any of the authors.
: Most of the patients had provided written informed consent to be included (reference 2011/974), and the Regional Ethics Committee waived informed consent for retrospective evaluation of patient data for the remaining patients.