Nanou, Afroditi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8682-3133
Zeune, Leonie Laura
Bidard, Francois-Clement
Pierga, Jean-Yves
Terstappen, Leonardus Wendelinus Mathias Marie
Funding for this research was provided by:
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (14190)
FP7 Ideas: European Research Council (115749-1)
Innovative Medicines Initiative (305341)
Article History
Received: 8 November 2019
Accepted: 26 July 2020
First Online: 12 August 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The original IC 2006-04 study [CitationRef removed], identified as “DGS 2006-A00523-48” (France) and “NCT00898014” (USA), was approved by the national ethics board. The studies were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. All individuals provided written informed consent prior to participation.
: Not applicable.
: L.W.M.M. Terstappen is listed as an inventor on US patents (No: 5,985,153; No: 5,993,665; No: 6,013,188; No: 6,136,182; No: 6,361,749; No: 6,365,362; No: 6,551,843 B1; No: 6,623,982 B1; No: 6,620,627 B1; No: 6,623,983 B1; No: 6,645,731 B2; No: 6,660,159 B1; No: 6,790,366 B2; No: 6,890,426 B2; No: 7,056,657 B2; No: 7,332,288 B2; 7,863,012 B2; No: 8,329,422 B2) related to the CellSearch system, the rights of which are assigned to Menarini Silicon Biosystems; he is the chairman of the Department of Medical Cell BioPhysics at the University of Twente, which receives research funding related to the CellSearch system from Menarini Silicon Biosystems.F.-C. Bidard and J.-Y. Pierga receive research funding from Menarini Silicon Biosystems.All remaining authors have declared no conflicts of interest.