∗Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College, Hammersmith Hospital campus, Du Cane Road, London, UK
†Department of Endocrinology and Neuroendocrine Tumors, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice, Poland
‡St. Mark's Hospital, Harrow, Middlesex, UK
§University of Sussex, School of Life Sciences, John Maynard Smith Building, Falmer, Brighton, UK.
[email protected].
A.M. and A.E.F. contributed equally as co-first authors.
J.S., L.C., and A.F. contributed equally as co-senior authors.
Author contributions: Study concept and design—A.M., A.E.F., J.S., L.C., and A.F.; data acquisition—A.M., A.E.F., M.M.P., S.A., A.F.D., S.Z., and A.K.C.; analysis and interpretation of data—A.M., A.E.F., A.F.D., S.Z., L.C., and A.F.; drafting of the manuscript—A.M., A.E.F., M.M.P., S.A., A.F.D., S.Z., A.K.C., B.K.K., O.F., J.S., L.C., and A.F.; statistical analysis—A.M., A.E.F., L.C., and A.F.; critical revision of the manuscript for intellectual content—A.M., A.E.F., B.K.K., O.F., J.S., L.C., and A.F.; and study supervision—J.S., L.C., and A.F.
This study was supported by the Cancer Research UK Imperial Centre and in part by grants from Action Against Cancer (A.E.F., J.S., L.C.) and the Dr Heinz-Horst Deichmann Foundation (A.F.). A.M. holds grants from the European Neuroendocrine Tumor Society (ENETS) and Cancer Research UK (CRUK). The funding sources had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; and preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript. Tissue samples were provided by the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Tissue Bank. Other investigators may have received samples from these same tissues. The research was supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Biomedical Research Centre based at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and Imperial College London. The views expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily those of the NHS, the NIHR or the Department of Health.
The authors report no conflicts of interest.
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