Funding for this research was provided by:
Alabama’s State Cancer Fund
University of Alabama at Birmingham (UL1TR003096)
Article History
Received: 27 April 2023
Accepted: 15 November 2023
First Online: 23 November 2023
Declarations
: <b>Ethics</b>.
: The patient data described in this study have all been published previously. The analysis of TCGA was designated as Not Humans Subjects Research by the HudsonAlpha Office of the IRB. Additional data were also previously published []. In brief they were collected from patients enrolled at the University of Alabama at Birmingham between 2003 and 2011 under a UAB IRB approved protocol and used for validation in this study. All participants provided written informed consent.
: NA.
: The authors declare no competing interests.