Su, Jinsong
Lai, Jiajie
Yang, Ruikun
Xu, Bo
Zhu, Ying
Zhao, Mingdong
Yang, Chen
Liang, Guanzhao
Funding for this research was provided by:
Shanghai Municipal Health and Family Planning Commission Fund Project (Grant No. 201640057)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 81770876; 81270011; 81472125)
Article History
Received: 4 October 2018
Accepted: 3 December 2018
First Online: 25 January 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The histological samples collected were analysed and the clinical data were retrieved with the endorsement of the Institutional Review Boards and Ethical Review Boards of the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhengzhou University; the First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University; Jinshan Hospital, Fudan University. Written informed consent failed to be acquired because the majority of the patients included had died of cancer-related diseases. The informed consent from participants was waived by our Ethical Review Boards.
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