Esposito, Giovanna http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7894-4456
Franchi, Matteo
Santucci, Claudia
Scarfone, Giovanna
Parazzini, Fabio
La Vecchia, Carlo
Corrao, Giovanni
Negri, Eva
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministero dell'Università e della Ricerca (2017728JPK)
Article History
Received: 11 January 2023
Accepted: 3 October 2023
First Online: 8 November 2023
Declarations
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: This study followed the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Data used in this study were anonymized before its use. According to Italian law, studies based entirely on registry data are exempt from IRB authorization and informed consent (General Authorization for the Processing of Personal Data for Scientific Research Purposes Issued by the Italian Privacy Authority on August 10, 2018; ExternalRef removed). We obtained permission to access the registry data in the framework of PRIN 2017 project.
: Not applicable
: Giovanni Corrao received research support from the European Community (EC), the Italian Agency of Drugs (AIFA), and the Italian Ministry for University and Research (MIUR). He took part in a variety of projects that were funded by pharmaceutical companies (i.e., Novartis, GSK, Roche, AMGEN and BMS). He also received honoraria as a member of the advisory board to Roche. The other authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest to disclose.