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Bousema, Jelle E.
Annema, Jouke T.
van der Heijden, Erik H. F. M.
Verhagen, Ad F. T. M.
Dijkgraaf, Marcel G. W.
van den Broek, Frank J. C. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4828-5725
Funding for this research was provided by:
ZonMw (843004109)
KWF Kankerbestrijding (11313)
Article History
Received: 16 October 2020
Accepted: 11 February 2021
First Online: 27 February 2021
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The medical ethical committee of the Maxima Medical Centre has approved the study protocol and all participating centres (MEC number W17.063) on June, 15th, 2017. All participating centres signed the research contract prior to start inclusion. Before randomisation, written informed consent was obtained from all patients.
: Not applicable.
: Dr. Bousema and Dr. van den Broek report grants from ZonMw and the Dutch Cancer Society, during the conduct of this study. Prof. Dr. Dijkgraaf and Prof. Dr. Verhagen have nothing to disclose. Dr. van der Heijden reports research grants from Pentax Medical, Philips Medical, unrelated to the content of this study. Consultancy for Philips-Volcano, Pentax Medical. Prof. Dr. Annema reports non-financial support from Hitachi Medical systems, non-financial support from Pentax, grants from Cook medical, outside the submitted work.