Renzi, Cristina
Lyratzopoulos, Georgios
Hamilton, Willie
Maringe, Camille
Rachet, Bernard
Funding for this research was provided by:
Cancer Research UK (C48748/A18667)
Cancer Research UK (C8640/A23385)
British Medical Association (TP Gunton research grant)
Article History
Received: 25 July 2018
Accepted: 8 April 2019
First Online: 15 May 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The research study has been performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the relevant ethics committees: Clinical Practice Research Datalink Independent Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC) ISAC-Protocol 08_031R; NHS Health Research Authority Confidentiality Advisory Group (PIAG 1–05(c)/2007). All data were anonymised prior to receipt by the authors. As authors had no access to identifiable information participants’ consent was not necessary.
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