Fortea-Sanchis, Carlos http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7635-740X
MartĂnez-Ramos, David
Escrig-Sos, Javier
Article History
Received: 10 May 2018
Accepted: 21 November 2018
First Online: 30 November 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The patients’ right to data confidentiality and privacy were specifically preserved and bioethical approval for the study was obtained from the cancer registry. Because this was a retrospective study, we did not perform any direct patient interventions. However, the patient confidentiality rules set in place at our centre were always respected and the work was approved by the clinical research and bioethics committee at our centre (PIC: 2013/2/CIR).
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