Kudo, Masashi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2161-1807
Gotohda, Naoto
Sugimoto, Motokazu
Kobayashi, Shin
Kobayashi, Tatsushi
Article History
Received: 26 April 2025
Accepted: 29 May 2025
First Online: 6 June 2025
Declarations
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: This study protocol conformed to the ethical guidelines of the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the institutional review board of the National Cancer Center, Japan (reference 2017 − 483). Due to the retrospective design and the absence of invasive interventions, a waiver of participant informed consent was granted by the institutional review board of the National Cancer Center, Japan.
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: The authors declare no competing interests.