Hao, Shuang http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2303-4532
Östensson, Ellinor
Eklund, Martin
Grönberg, Henrik
Nordström, Tobias
Heintz, Emelie
Clements, Mark
Funding for this research was provided by:
Vetenskapsrådet (SE) - Swedish e-Science Research Center
Cancerfonden (CAN 2018/539, CAN 2015/649)
Vetenskapsrådet (2018-02526, 2015-03292)
NordForsk
Prostatacancerförbundet
Article History
Received: 18 October 2019
Accepted: 28 April 2020
First Online: 20 May 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Data from all registries and surveys were analysed with anonymised IDs in a secure environment. All data were accessed with ethical approvals from the Stockholm Regional Ethical Review Board (SPBR: dnr 2012/438–31/3, dnr 2016/620–32, dnr 2018/845–32, dnr 2018/1866–32; PDR: dnr 2009/5:10; SEPR Corpus Health Bank: 2014/1882–31/5). Record linkage for SPBR was undertaken by the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen). Permissions to access data were provided by National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen), Karolinska Institutet, the Swedish Insurance Agency (Försäkringskassan) and the Swedish Palliative Register (Svenska Palliativregistret). Access to SEPR Corpus Health Bank was granted by Stockholm University. Access to aggregated data from the Concise Database was granted by the Swedish eHealth Agency (eHälsomyndigheten).
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.