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Repo, Heli
Löyttyniemi, Eliisa
Kurki, Samu
Kallio, Lila
Kuopio, Teijo
Talvinen, Kati
Kronqvist, Pauliina http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8922-0648
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Article History
Received: 20 January 2020
Accepted: 5 June 2020
First Online: 16 June 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The research was performed in accordance with the ethical standards of institutional and national research committees approved by the Regional Ethical Review Boards of Turku University Hospital and Auria Biobank, Turku, Finland, Central Hospital of Central Finland, Jyväskylä, Finland, and Finnish Cancer Registry, Cancer Society of Finland, Helsinki, Finland (permit numbers 6/2002, AB15–9859 and TK-53-716-16). All research procedures were performed in accordance with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its amendments (ExternalRef removed) and the Finnish Biobank Act (688/2012, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Helsinki, Finland). The patients have been included in the study according to the Finnish Biobank Act 688/2012, Ministry of Social Affiars and Health (ExternalRef removed). According to the Act, the national biobank organization, after ethical pre-evaluation, allows collection, storage and processing of patient specimen and information for medical research.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
