da Costa, Allini Mafra http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2993-7919
Hashim, Dana
Fregnani, José Humberto Tavares Guerreiro
Weiderpass, Elisabete
Funding for this research was provided by:
Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (88881.133005/2016-01)
Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (2017/03787-2)
Article History
Received: 15 January 2018
Accepted: 15 October 2018
First Online: 7 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study had a retrospective design, involving database analyses and minimal risks to participants. In order to mitigate the risks, information was kept confidential by the researchers. It didn’t bring any direct benefits to participants since population-based cancer registries studies are designed to provide subsidies to future public health actions. Due to the nature of the study, an exemption from informed consent was requested to Barretos Cancer Hospital Ethics Committee (Ethics Committee approval number 1009/2015). This study is registered in Plataforma Brasil (ExternalRef removed) under the identification number CAAE 49106515.0.0000.5437.
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