Alexander, Peter G. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6123-4922
Roseweir, Antonia K.
Pennel, Kathryn A. F.
van Wyk, Hester C.
Powell, Arfon G. M. T. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3740-8275
McMillan, Donald C. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4260-5334
Horgan, Paul G.
Kelly, Caroline
Hay, Jennifer
Sansom, Owen
Harkin, Andrea
Roxburgh, Campbell S. D.
Graham, Janet
Church, David N. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4617-962X
Tomlinson, Ian http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3037-1470
Saunders, Mark
Iveson, Tim J.
Edwards, Joanne http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7192-6906
Park, James H. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6551-2037
Funding for this research was provided by:
Hugh Fraser Foundation Non-Clinical Lectureship grant
Cancer Research UK (A17196, A25142, A21139)
Article History
Received: 22 April 2020
Revised: 12 October 2020
Accepted: 28 October 2020
First Online: 23 November 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All patients provided written informed consent. The study complied with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the West Glasgow Research Ethics Committee (REC No. 16/WS0207; 07/S0703/136).
: The datasets that formed the basis of this article are contained in the University of Glasgow’s MVLS institute and are continually being updated with ongoing research. They contain patient sensitive information and therefore cannot be made available on a public repository.
: Professor D.C. McMillan is on the editorial board for BJC.
: This work was supported by: the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Ritchie Trust Fellowship [grant number 90479] to [A.G.M.T.P.]; Hugh Fraser Non-Clinical Lectureship [grant number not applicable] to [A.K.R.]; Oxford NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Cancer Research UK Advanced Clinician Scientist Fellowship [grant numbers C26642, A27963] and Health Foundation/Academy of Medical Sciences Clinician Scientist Fellowship to [D.N.C.]; and Cancer Research UK core funding [grant numbers A17196, A25142] and Cancer Research UK programme grant [grant number A21139] to [O.S.]. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health.