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Tcymbarevich, Irina V.
Eloranta, Jyrki J.
Rossel, Jean-Benoît
Obialo, Nicole
Spalinger, Marianne
Cosin-Roger, Jesus
Lang, Silvia
Kullak-Ublick, Gerd A.
Wagner, Carsten A.
Scharl, Michael
Seuwen, Klaus
Ruiz, Pedro A.
Rogler, Gerhard
de Vallière, Cheryl
Misselwitz, Benjamin http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8719-5175
Funding for this research was provided by:
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (153380, 32473B_156525)
Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung (33CS30_148422)
Article History
Received: 7 December 2017
Accepted: 20 December 2018
First Online: 7 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethical approvals were obtained from the local ethical committees of all study sites involved in the study: 1) SIBDCS was approved by the local ethical committees (IRB approval number: EK-1316, granted on February 5, 2007 by the Cantonal Ethics Committee of the Canton Zürich, Switzerland). 2) The Bioethical Committee at the Maria Sklodowska-Curie Memorial Cancer Centre and Institute of Oncology, Warsaw, Poland (ethical licenses 25/2006 and 25/2006/2007). All participants provided written informed consent.
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