We wish to acknowledge Christy M. Stover, Lori Reinhand-Musson, and Kim Volinskie for their assistance with protocol development and acquisition of data.
We would also like to thank Drs. Jim Petrik, Roger Moorehead and Geoff Wood for helpful discussions, Mackenzie Smith and Dr. Ifat Sher for assistance with protocol development, and other members of the Coomber laboratory for advice and support.
We gratefully acknowledge H.A. Shankowsky for her excellent assistance with animal protocols and secretary.
We thank Dr. Laura N. Vandenburg for generous assistance with histology (protocols & imaging) and manuscript suggestions; Dr. Junji Morokuma for assistance with planarian care and fixation, and immunohistochemistry; Dr. Ai-Sun Tseng for manuscript and figure suggestions; and Linda Le for assisting with treatment and recovery experiments.
Also, thanks to Dr. Zenaida Magbanua, Mississippi State University, for assistance with Cot protocols.
We thank Dr. Aldo Pérez for his excellent technical assistance with animal protocols, Malika S Flanagan for assistance with fluorescence image analysis of metastatic foci, and Jeyshka M. Reyes for assistance with western blotting.
Ms Anna Chapman, Monash University, for assistance with study protocol.
The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/10/61/prepub The authors wish to thank Drs Wayne Melrose and Alexander Andjaparidze for their assistance with the protocol development and survey design; the participants in each survey site and the staff in all participating locations for their cooperation.
The authors wish to thank Olga Ludkovski and Melanie Peralta for technical assistance with tissue staining protocols, Dr. Paul Greig for assistance in identifying liver transplant patients with resected HCC recurrences, and Dr. John Dick for his support of this project.
Additionally, established registries or societies like the International Society of Nephrology could potentially assist with the formation of new registries in less developed countries by providing assistance with process and protocol development, information technology expertise, and infrastructure required to initiate patient registries.
