Giatromanolaki, Alexandra
Harris, Adrian L. http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1376-8409
Banham, Alison H.
Contrafouris, Constantinos A.
Koukourakis, Michael I.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Democritus University of Thrace Special Account, 81006
Article History
Received: 13 December 2019
Revised: 13 January 2020
Accepted: 30 January 2020
First Online: 18 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approval was obtained from the Scientific Committee and the Ethics Research Committee of the University Hospital of Alexandroupolis (study approval number ES11-26-11-18). As the study is based on archival material, and anonymity of patients was guaranteed, patient informed consent was waved by the ethics board. The study was conducted according to the criteria set by the declaration of Helsinki.
: There are no individual person’s data included in the paper.
: All data reported in the study are available in our departments.
: A.L.H. is the Editor-in-Chief of the <i>British Journal of Cancer</i>. The remaining authors declare no competing interests.
: The study has been financially supported by the Democritus University of Thrace Special Account, project no 81006.