Honkanen, Tiia J.
Luukkainen, Milla E. K.
Tikkanen, Antti
Karihtala, Peeter
Mäkinen, Markus
Väyrynen, Juha P.
Koivunen, Jussi P. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6425-1640
Funding for this research was provided by:
Syöpäsäätiö
Oulun Yliopisto
University of Oulu including Oulu University Hospital
Article History
Received: 23 April 2021
Accepted: 12 November 2021
First Online: 24 November 2021
Declarations
:
: TJH, MEKL, AT, MM, JPV, and PK declare no competing financial interests. JPK is a part-time employee of Faron Pharmaceuticals.
: This study was performed under permits from National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health (9850/05.01.00.06/2010), the Northern Ostrobothnia Hospital District ethical committee (114/2011, amendment 23.02.2015), and the medical director of Oulu University Hospital (study no. 60/2015).
: At the time when the tumour samples were gathered, Finnish national legislation allowed the use of diagnostic tissues in scientific studies without an informed consent from the patient and therefore informed consents were not obtained. All the experiments were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.
: All the authors have read and approved the final version of the manuscript.