Ling, Suping https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7207-5656
Luque Fernandez, Miguel-Angel https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6683-5164
Quaresma, Manuela
Belot, Aurelien https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1410-5172
Rachet, Bernard
Funding for this research was provided by:
Cancer Research UK (EPNCZS34, EPNCZS34, EPNCZS34, EPNCZS34)
Article History
Received: 6 April 2023
Revised: 7 September 2023
Accepted: 13 September 2023
First Online: 23 September 2023
Change Date: 14 November 2023
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-023-02486-6
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The use of data has been approved by NHS Health Research Authority London – Central Research Ethics Committee (REC reference: 21/LO/0552; IRAS project ID: 279592) and this study protocol by LSHTM Ethics Online (reference: 27483). Current legislation (GDPR and the DPA 2018) makes it permissible to use individual and even sensitive personal data, without consent, for bona fide non-interventional public health research, provided the relevant statutory and ethical permissions have been acquired from HRA and an NHS Research Ethics Committee, respectively. The wishes of patients who have withheld or withdrawn their consent are respected for identifiable data by the data providers (NHS and PHE). Data received by ICON group have been anonymised.