Zhang, Zhongheng
Ho, Kwok M.
Gu, Hongqiu
Hong, Yucai
Yu, Yunsong http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2903-918X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Zhejiang Province Public Welfare Technology Application Research Project (LGF18H150005)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81901929)
Article History
Received: 22 October 2019
Accepted: 7 February 2020
First Online: 18 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study was approved by the ethics committee of Sir Run Run Shaw hospital. The utilized database is released under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) safe harbor provision. The re-identification risk was certified as meeting safe harbor standards by Privacert (Cambridge, MA) (HIPAA Certification no. 1031219–2). Informed consent was waived due to the retrospective nature of the study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.