Li, Shichen
Li, Lingyan
Zheng, Hong
Wang, Yuping
Zhu, Xiongzhao
Yang, Yanjie
Yang, Yuling
He, Jincai
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China (2009BAI77B06)
Article History
Received: 3 October 2017
Accepted: 16 May 2018
First Online: 27 May 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: The current study received ethical approval through the Ethics Committee of the Second Xiangya hospital, Central South University, Hunan, China (reference number: 2010S177). First, from February 2012 to January 2013, eligible women who received mastectomy for newly diagnosed breast cancer at a hospital in the Hunan province were orally informed of the study’s purpose; those who agreed to participate then provided written informed consent.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.