Lee, Eunjin
Lee, Ji Won http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0084-1304
Lee, Boram
Park, Kyunghee
Shim, Joonho
Yoo, Keon Hee
Koo, Hong Hoe
Sung, Ki Woong http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5989-4772
Park, Woong-Yang
Funding for this research was provided by:
National R&D Program for Cancer Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare, Republic of Korea (1520210)
National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF-2017R1A2B4008178)
Article History
Received: 28 April 2020
Accepted: 30 October 2020
First Online: 10 November 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Samsung Medical Center (IRB approval no. SMC 2015-11-053). Written informed consent was obtained from the participants and/or their parents or legal guardians. Before November 2015, samples which were obtained during diagnostic procedure were deposited at the Samsung Medical Center Bio Bank after de-identifying process. Informed consent about tissue deposition and future research were obtained at the time of tissue deposition and these samples were retrieved after IRB approval. An honest broker who obtained administrative permission to access the patient data collected clinical data and provided de-identified information to the research team.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.