Smith, Matthew J. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8502-0056
Fernandez, Miguel Angel Luque http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6683-5164
Belot, Aurélien http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1410-5172
Quartagno, Matteo
Bonaventure, Audrey
Majano, Sara Benitez
Rachet, Bernard
Njagi, Edmund Njeru
Funding for this research was provided by:
Cancer Research UK (C7923/A18525)
Article History
Received: 23 November 2020
Revised: 23 June 2021
Accepted: 3 August 2021
First Online: 13 August 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: We obtained the statutory approvals required for this research from the Confidentiality Advisory Group (CAG) of the Health Research Authority (HRA): PIAG 1–05(c) 2007. Ethical approval was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee (REC) of the Health Research Authority (HRA): 07/MRE01/52. This work uses the data provided by patients and collected by the National Health Service as part of their care and support. We used anonymised National Cancer Registry and Hospital Episode Statistics data. No consent to participate was sought from patients.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.