Kofler, Sabine
Kobleder, Andrea
Ott, Stefan
Senn, Beate
Funding for this research was provided by:
Krebsforschung Schweiz (KFS-3160-02-2013)
Article History
Received: 18 October 2019
Accepted: 28 April 2020
First Online: 6 May 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the leading ethics commission in Berne, Ethikkommission des Kantons Bern, a member of Swiss ethics (committee’s reference number: 035/13) and by all local ethics committees of the participating clinics. The objectives, importance, risk and benefits of the research and data confidentiality were explained to all participants before recruitment. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests with respect to the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.