Hummel, Sarah http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4857-1315
Kohlmann, Wendy
Kollmeyer, Thomas M.
Jenkins, Robert
Sonnen, Joshua
Palmer, Cheryl A.
Colman, Howard
Abbott, Diana
Cannon-Albright, Lisa
Cohen, Adam L.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Utah Cancer Registry, National Cancer Institute’s SEER, Utah State Department of Health, University of Utah (Contract No. HHSN261201300017I)
Huntsman Cancer Institute, Huntsman Cancer Foundation, University of Utah, and National Cancer Institute of the NIH (P30CA42014)
University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Human Genetics/Pediatric Division of Medical Genetics, Graduate Program in Genetic Counseling (NA/Student Research)
Article History
Received: 27 March 2018
Accepted: 19 February 2019
First Online: 1 March 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The Utah Resource for Genetic and Epidemiologic Research (RGE), and the University of Utah (UofU) Institutional Review Board (IRB) approved access to the Utah Population Database for this study. The RGE reviews all papers prior to publication to ensure confidentiality of UPDB participants. The population of this study was derived from the Huntsman Cancer Institute Cancer Clinical Research Database (CCR). Secondary analyses of patient data and specimens with a waiver of informed consent were approved by the University of Utah IRB and all research was conducted following the international standards set forth in the Declaration of Helsinki. Stored germline tissues, somatic tissues, or DNA was obtained from the Huntsman Cancer Institute Biorepository.
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