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Veeru Kasivisvanathan's research is funded from the National Institute for Health Research. The views expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of the NHS, the National Institute for Health Research or the Department of Health. Taimur Shah would like to acknowledge funding from the St Peter's Trust for clinical research and has received support for conference attendance and speaker fees from Astellas, Ferring and Galil Medical. Mark Emberton is a National Institute for Health Research Senior Investigator (2015-) and receives research support from the UCLH/UCL NIHR Biomedical Research Centre. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.