Bashour, Sami I.
Ibrahim, Nuhad K.
Schomer, Donald F.
Hess, Kenneth R.
Gao, Chao
Tripathy, Debu
Fuller, Gregory N.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Funding support by the Sheila Wynne Research Fund and the Nellie B. Connally Breast Cancer Center at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Article History
Received: 15 March 2020
Revised: 25 June 2020
Accepted: 9 July 2020
First Online: 4 August 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Prior to initiation of data collection or patient analysis, the study design was evaluated and approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. The Institutional Review Board of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center waived the need for consent from the individual study participants. This study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: The images supplied as representations of miliary metastasis in Fig.InternalRef removeddo not contain any identifiable features of the study participants. Informed consent was not obtained to publish these images from the study participants or their next of kin in cases where the study participant is deceased.
: No publicly available data was utilised in this study. All data utilised is from the prospectively maintained patient database in the Department of Breast Medical Oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. All data was handled in accordance with regulations put forth by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act to ensure that no protected health information for participants in this study was inappropriately handled or disclosed.
: The authors declare no competing or conflicts of interest.
: This research was supported by the Sheila Wynne Research Fund and the Nellie B. Connally Breast Cancer Center at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Specifically, the Sheila Wynne Research Fund provided funding in the form of travel reimbursement to present preliminary data at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium in 2017. The Nellie B. Connally Breast Cancer Center provided funding to help maintain a prospective, patient-centred database and access to data managers.