Brunette, Laurie L.
Mhawech-Fauceglia, Paulette Y.
Ji, Lingyun
Skeate, Joseph G.
Brand, Heike E.
Lawrenson, Kate
Walia, Saloni
Chiriva-Internati, Maurizio
Groshen, Susan
Roman, Lynda D.
Kast, W. Martin
Da Silva, Diane M. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7317-4886
Funding for this research was provided by:
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Southern California
Prevent Cancer Foundation
Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Southern California
Article History
Received: 9 January 2018
Accepted: 1 October 2018
First Online: 11 October 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The project was approved by the University of Southern California Institutional Review Board. Informed written patient consent was obtained for all samples collected and analyzed within our institutions. Informed patient consent was waived per the US framework for retrospective noninterventional studies for commercially obtained tissue specimens. Individual patient-level data were protected against breach of confidentiality consistent with the final Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule from the US Department of Health and Human Services.
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