Ethical approval was obtained by review through the Tissue Access Committee of Tayside Tissue Bank (approval # TR338) and the studies follow the Guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki for the use of human tissues for research.
The study followed the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and Tokyo for human research.
The study protocol was approved by the ethics committee of NTT Medical Centre Tokyo and was in accordance with the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki for biomedical research involving human subjects.
The study was conducted according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and Ethical Guidelines for Epidemiological Research (1 November 2007, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology and Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare of Japan).
All tissue samples were obtained during surgery according to the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki and processed for routine histopathological evaluation.
The study followed the guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki.
Guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki were followed.
This study was conducted in accordance with the Guidelines for Ethical Review of Epidemiological Studies, the Declaration of Istanbul 2008, the World Medical Association 2000 Declaration of Helsinki, all its amendments, and national regulations.
The part of the study that involved humans was approved by the local ethics committee (REK Helse Sør-Øst) and conducted according to the ethical guidelines outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki for use of human tissue and subjects.
The study procedure followed the guidelines set by the Declaration of Helsinki for human experiments.
The study was conducted in compliance with the International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use, good clinical practice guidelines and the Declaration of Helsinki.
