Fowler, Helen https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2233-3183
Belot, Aurelien
Ellis, Libby
Maringe, Camille
Luque-Fernandez, Miguel Angel
Njagi, Edmund Njeru
Navani, Neal
Sarfati, Diana
Rachet, Bernard
Funding for this research was provided by:
Cancer Research UK (C7923/A18525)
Article History
Received: 8 May 2019
Accepted: 17 December 2019
First Online: 28 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: We obtained the statutory approvals required for this research from the Confidentiality Advisory Group (CAG) of the Health Research Authority (HRA): PIAG 1–05(c) 2007.Ethical approval was obtained from the Research Ethics Committee (REC) of the Health Research Authority (HRA): 07/MRE01/52.This work uses data provided by patients and collected by the National Health Service as part of their care and support. We used anonymised National Cancer Registry and Hospital Episode Statistics data. No consent to participate was sought from patients.
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.