Mu, Wei https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7970-8666
Katsoulakis, Evangelia
Whelan, Christopher J. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7511-2603
Gage, Kenneth L.
Schabath, Matthew B. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3241-3216
Gillies, Robert J. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8888-7747
Funding for this research was provided by:
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | U.S. Public Health Service (R01 CA190105)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | U.S. Public Health Service (U01 CA143062)
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | U.S. Public Health Service
Article History
Received: 3 December 2020
Revised: 10 March 2021
Accepted: 17 March 2021
First Online: 7 April 2021
Ethical approval and consent to participate
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the Institutional Review Board at the University of South Florida (USF) and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The requirement for informed consent was waived because of the retrospective nature of the study.
: The PET/CT imaging data and clinical information are not publicly available for patient privacy purposes but are available from the corresponding authors upon reasonable request (R.J.G. and M.B.S.). The remaining data are available within the Article and Supplementary Information.
: R.J.G. declared a potential conflict with HealthMyne, Inc [Investor, Board of Advisors]. Contents of this research do not represent the views of the Department of Veterans Affairs or the United States Government. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was funded by U.S. Public Health Service research grant U01 CA143062 and R01 CA190105 (awarded to R.J.G.).