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McBride, Mary L. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1559-7420
Groome, Patti A.
Decker, Kathleen
Kendell, Cynthia
Jiang, Li
Whitehead, Marlo
Li, Dongdong
Grunfeld, Eva
Funding for this research was provided by:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (128272)
Article History
Received: 11 February 2019
Accepted: 26 June 2019
First Online: 4 July 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Ethics approvals were received by the BC Cancer-University of British Columbia Research Ethics Board in BC, the University of Manitoba Health Research Ethics Board in MB, the Health Sciences and Affiliated Hospitals Research Ethics Board at Queen’s University in ON, and the Nova Scotia Health Authority Research Ethics Board in NS. Approvals for data access and use were obtained from all data stewards in each province. No consent was required for this analysis, as the research involved no more than minimal risk, the research did not involve an intervention, lack of consent was unlikely to adversely affect patient welfare, and it was impracticable to obtain consent.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.