Mitsui, Tomohiro
Takizawa, Kohei
Kadota, Tomohiro https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0408-3494
Ogawa, Gakuto
Ono, Hiroyuki
Hasuike, Noriaki
Ishihara, Ryu
Yoshio, Toshiyuki
Oyama, Tsuneo
Kikuchi, Daisuke
Inokuchi, Yasuhiro
Toya, Yosuke
Hikichi, Takuto
Kanzaki, Hiromitsu
Hatta, Waku
Yoshikawa, Takaki
Abe, Seiichiro
Terashima, Masanori
Yano, Tomonori
Funding for this research was provided by:
the National Cancer Center Research and Development Fund (23-A-16)
the National Cancer Center Research and Development Fund (23-A-19)
the National Cancer Center Research and Development Fund (26-A-4)
the National Cancer Center Research and Development Fund (29-A-3)
the National Cancer Center Research and Development Fund (2020-J-3)
the National Cancer Center Research and Development Fund (2023-J-03)
the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan (22-021)
the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Japan (25-008)
Article History
Received: 13 August 2025
Accepted: 29 November 2025
First Online: 9 January 2026
Ethical approval
: The study (number: JCOG1009/1010) complied with the Declaration of Helsinki requirements and Japanese Ethical Guidelines for Clinical Research. The study protocol was approved by the institutional review boards of all participating hospitals and registered with the University Hospital Medical Information Network Clinical Trials Registry (UMIN000004995). Informed consent for the secondary use of the data was obtained from the enrolled patients at registration in JCOG1009/1010.
: Tomohiro Mitsui, Kohei Takizawa, Noriaki Hasuike, Ryu Ishihara, Toshiyuki Yoshio, Tsuneo Oyama, Daisuke Kikuchi, Yosuke Toya, Takuto Hikichi, Hiromitsu Kanzaki, Waku Hatta, and Takaki Yoshikawa have no any conflicts of interest to disclose. Tomohiro Kadota received Consultant fee from Olympus and lecture fees from Olympus. Gakuto Ogawa’s institution received the support from Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development and Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Japan. Hiroyuki Ono received lecture fees from Daiichi Sankyo Co., LTD., Terumo Co., LTD., Asahi Kasei Co., LTD., and MC medical Co., LTD. Yasuhiro Inokuchi received lecture fees from Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Seiichiro Abe received lecture fees from Boston Scientific, AstraZeneca, Takeda Pharmaceutical, Daiichi Sankyo, EA Pharma, Olympus, FUJIFILM, AI Medical, and Viatris, and research grants out of this study from Olympus, FUJIFILM, and AI Medical. Masanori Terashima received lecture fees from Taiho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Bristol Myers Squib Japan K.K., Yakult Honsha Co., Ltd., Astra Zeneca Co. Ltd., Eli Lilly Japan K.K., Astellas Pharm. Inc., Daiichi Sankyo Ltd., Johnson and Johnson K.K., Medtronic Japan Co., Ltd., Intuitive Japan Inc., and Olympus Co., Ltd. Tomonori Yano received a research grant out of this study from Olympus, Fujifilm, and HOYA PENTAX, and Consultant fee from Olympus and HOYA PENTAX, and honoraria for lectures from Olympus and Fujifilm.