Visser, S.
Hou, J.
Bezemer, K.
de Vogel, L. L.
Hegmans, J. P. J. J.
Stricker, B. H.
Philipsen, S.
Aerts, J. G. J. V.
Funding for this research was provided by:
ZonMw (1520001017)
Article History
Received: 15 August 2018
Accepted: 26 April 2019
First Online: 14 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants in the training cohort. Tissues were studied under an anonymous tissue protocol approved by the medical ethical committee of Erasmus University Medical Center. As data in the validation cohort were collected retrospectively, no approval by a medical research and ethics committee was necessary according to Dutch guidelines (ExternalRef removed).
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: Joachim Aerts has a consultant/advisory role with Eli Lilly and Company, Roche, Bristol-Myers Squibb, MSD and Boehringer Ingelheim. The other authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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