Ethics approval and consent to participate
Cancer
CANCER
The study protocol was approved by the independent ethics committee/institutional review board at each institution (BSD/IRB, The University of Chicago Biological Sciences Division/University of Chicago Medical Center; Vanderbilt University Institutional Review Board; Western Institutional Review Board; UC San Diego Human Research Protections Program; The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Institutional Review Board Center; London – Surrey Boarders Research Ethics Committee; and CEIm de la Comunidad Foral de Navarra Departamento de Salud. Pabellón de Docencia). All patients provided written informed consent before initiating treatment.