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Authors
Naab, Tammey J.
Gautam, Anita
Ricks-Santi, Luisel
Esnakula, Ashwini K.
Kanaan, Yasmine M.
DeWitty, Robert L.
Asgedom, Girmay
Makambi, Khepher H.
Abawi, Massih
Blancato, Jan K. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7442-8411
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Susan G. Komen
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Article History
Received: 22 May 2017
Accepted: 26 February 2018
First Online: 9 March 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was based on existing de-identified data and pathologic specimens. It was not deemed to be human subjects’ research, but determined to be of exempt status. Approval for this research protocol was given by the Howard University School of Medicine IRB, designated as reference number 15CMED-53.
: Subject consent was not required for this study. It is bound by the ruling of the US Health and Human Services Secretary’s Advisory Committee on Human Research Protections (SACHRP) under the Common Rule for exempt research and the Helsinki guidelines for establishment of IRB committees. IRB approval #15C MED 53 was obtained from the Howard University IRB for the study of de-identified materials.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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