Brancher, Suzan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1331-8961
Støer, Nathalie C. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8994-9332
Weiderpass, Elisabete http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2237-0128
Damhuis, Ronald A. M. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7248-7047
Johannesen, Tom B.
Botteri, Edoardo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9023-8068
Strand, Trond-Eirik http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7561-3501
Funding for this research was provided by:
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (88881.189827/2018-01)
Article History
Received: 29 May 2020
Revised: 30 October 2020
Accepted: 5 November 2020
First Online: 2 December 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Regional Ethics Committee in the South East region of Norway (2011/2470/REK Sør-Øst C). Patient data were generated using anonymised identifiers obtained from the Cancer Registry of Norway, linked to National Population Registry and Cause of Death Registry.
: Not applicable.
: The data that support the findings of this study are available from The Norwegian Institute of Public Health but restrictions apply to the availability of these data, which were used under license for the current study, and so are not publicly available. Data are, however, available from the authors upon reasonable request and with permission of The Norwegian Institute of Public Health.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: We are grateful for the grant provided by CAPES (Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoa de Nível Superior) from Brazil which made it possible for S.B. (bolsista da CAPES/ Programa de Doutorado Sanduíche no Exterior/ processo: 88881.189827/2018-01) to conduct the work locally at the Cancer Registry of Norway.