Funding for this research was provided by:
National Research Foundation of Korea (2015R1A1A1A05028000)
Korea Health Industry Development Institute (HI15C1578, HI15C3224)
National Research Foundation of Korea (2018R1D1A1B07045486)
Article History
Received: 16 April 2018
Accepted: 30 January 2019
First Online: 4 February 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The protocols involving tumor tissues from patients with gastric cancer were approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Ethics Committee of the College of Medicine, Catholic University of Korea (approval no. UC14SISI0137). Written informed consent was obtained from all patients included in the study.
: Not applicable.
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