Kimura, Hideki http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5191-2654
Matsui, Yukiko
Ishikawa, Aki
Nakajima, Takahiro
Iizasa, Toshihiko
Article History
Received: 31 October 2017
Accepted: 28 May 2018
First Online: 31 May 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: The trial protocol was reviewed and approved by the ethics committee of Chiba Cancer Center and the University Hospital Medical Information Network in Japan (UMIN:CCCI). Patient enrollment and random assignment were performed by Internet Data and Information Center for Medical Research (INDICE 000007525), which is supported by a Japanese government body. This study was conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and the International Conference on Harmonization of Good Clinical Practice guidelines.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.