Corradini, Stefanie http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8709-7252
Pazos, Montserrat
Schönecker, Stephan
Reitz, Daniel
Niyazi, Maximilian
Ganswindt, Ute
Schrodi, Simone
Braun, Michael
Pölcher, Martin
Mahner, Sven
Harbeck, Nadia
Engel, Jutta
Belka, Claus
Article History
Received: 5 October 2017
Accepted: 29 January 2018
First Online: 9 February 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This retrospective study was exempt from requiring ethics approval. Bavarian state law (Bayrisches Krankenhausgesetz/Bavarian Hospital Law §27 Absatz 4 Datenschutz (Dataprotection)) allows the use of patient data for research, provided that any person’s related data are kept anonymous. German radiation protection laws request a regular analysis of outcomes in the sense of quality control and assurance, thus in the case of purely retrospective studies no additional ethical approval is needed under German law.
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