Ruhl, Rebecca
Rana, Shushan
Kelley, Katherine
Espinosa-Diez, Cristina
Hudson, Clayton
Lanciault, Christian
Thomas, Charles R. Jr
Liana Tsikitis, V.
Anand, Sudarshan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4969-6884
Funding for this research was provided by:
medical research foundation of oregon (1010392)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL1129062)
Article History
Received: 7 July 2017
Accepted: 15 April 2018
First Online: 3 May 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: Patients were identified with a rectal cancer diagnosis from the Oregon Colorectal Cancer Registry (OCCR) [CitationRef removed]. The registry is maintained by Salem Hospital and the Oregon Health & Sciences University and catalogs patients treated for colorectal cancer at both institutions. OHSU Institutional Research Board (IRB) approval was granted for the study, and a written informed consent was obtained from all participating patients.All animal work was approved by the OHSU Institutional Animal Use and Care Committee (OHSU IACUC). Animal experiments were performed in accordance with the OHSU IACUC guidelines and regulations.
: LV and SA are named inventors on a provisional patent application based on some of the findings in this manuscript.
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