Development and validation of a protocol for optimizing the use of paraffin blocks in molecular epidemiological studies: The example from the HPV-AHEAD study

unding Statement This study was supported by the European Commission, grant HPV-AHEAD (FP7-HEALTH-2011-282562), URLs: http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/100268_es.html, All authors, Coordinator MT; Instituto de Salud Carlos III-ISCIII (Spanish Government) cofunded by FEDER funds / European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) - a way to build Europe (Reference: RD12/0036/0056), URLs: http://www.rticc.org/epidemiologia-prevencion-grupos.php#tech, MM, ST, BL, Coordinator Francesc Xavier Bosch.; Instituto de Salud Carlos III-ISCIII (Spanish Government) cofunded by FEDER funds / European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) - a way to build Europe (CIBERESP Group 36 CB06/02/0073), URLs: http://www.ciberesp.es/grupos/grupo-de-investigacion?id=12515, XC and LA, Coordinator SdS; Agencia de Gestio d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR 2014SGR1077), URLs: http://agaur.gencat.cat/en/inici/index.html, XC, LA and ST, Coordinator Francesc Xavier Bosch.; Agencia de Gestio d’Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca (AGAUR 2014SGR756), URLs: http://agaur.gencat.cat/en/inici/index.html, MM, Coordinator SdS.