Maharjan, Urgena http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8514-1974
Kauppila, Joonas H.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Sigrid Juséliuksen Säätiö
Päivikki ja Sakari Sohlbergin Säätiö
The Finnish Cancer Foundation
University of Oulu including Oulu University Hospital
Article History
Received: 5 October 2021
Accepted: 18 July 2022
First Online: 7 August 2022
Declarations
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: The study was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards approved by the ethical committee in Northern Ostrobothnia (EETMK 115/2016), The National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL/169/5.05.00), Statistics Finland (TK-53-1478-17), the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman (Dnro 506/402/17), Finland and with the Helsinki Declaration. Individual informed consent from patients was not required, as obtaining the informed consent was waived by Finnish law.
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.