Zhao, Xuhai
Jiang, Cong
Article History
Received: 11 January 2023
Accepted: 4 April 2023
First Online: 21 April 2023
Declarations
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: In every state of the United States, cancer is a reportable disease, so no informed patient consent was required to release the SEER database. The ethics committee of Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital approved this study. It complies with the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki in 1964 and subsequently amended versions. An informed consent form (Titled: Informed consent for secondary utilization of medical history data/biological specimens) was signed by all of the patients from our hospital before the treatment, and a PDF version of this informed consent form is demonstrated in the related files (Chinese and English versions). According to the informed consent form, all the patients consent that the medical history data could be used for scientific research. No biological specimens were used in this study.
: Not Applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.