Vissio, Elena
Metovic, Jasna
Osella-Abate, Simona
Bertero, Luca
Migliaretti, Giuseppe
Borella, Fulvio
Benedetto, Chiara
Sapino, Anna
Cassoni, Paola
Castellano, Isabella
Article History
Received: 28 June 2019
Revised: 25 October 2019
Accepted: 6 November 2019
First Online: 29 November 2019
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Ethical approval for this study was obtained from the Committee for human Biospecimen Utilization (Department of Medical Sciences—ChBU). Considering the retrospective nature of this research protocol, which involved only already existing medical data that were previously anonymised with no impact on patient care, no specific written informed consent was required by the Committee. The study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: This study was supported in part by Rete Oncologica del Piemonte e della Valle d’Aosta. The funding sources had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
: The dataset analysed during the current study is available from the corresponding author on reasonable request. Data generated during this study are included in this published article [and its supplementary information files].