Kim, Eun-Jung
Ock, Minsu
Kim, Kyu-pyo
Jung, Nuri Hyun
Lee, Hyeon-Jeong
Kim, Seon-Ha
Jo, Min-Woo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4574-1318
Funding for this research was provided by:
National R&D Program for Cancer Control (1520140)
Article History
Received: 18 December 2017
Accepted: 16 October 2018
First Online: 8 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Asan Medical Center determined that this study was exempt from IRB review (approval number: S2016–0015). Prior to enrollment, we explained the objectives and processes of this study to the participants and obtained verbal informed consent from them with verbal and written consents. We obtained verbal informed consent rather than written consent, because this study presented no more than minimal risk of harm to participants and the only record linking the participants and the study would be the consent document.
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