Ryu, Asako https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8180-195X
Zenda, Sadamoto
Shimizu, Yoichi
Takashima, Atsuo
Tsutsumida, Arata
Takahashi, Akira
Arai, Michiko
Morizane, Chigusa
Yamaguchi, Takuhiro
Takagi, Yusuke
Mashiko, Tomoe
Miyaji, Tempei
Kawaguchi, Takashi
Yamazaki, Naoya
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kimura Foundation for Nursing Education (FY2017)
Article History
Received: 21 July 2025
Accepted: 11 June 2026
First Online: 23 June 2026
Declarations
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: This was an intra-individual RCT, and the protocol was approved by the Japan Supportive, Palliative and Psychosocial Oncology Group (J-SUPPORT) under the designation J-SUPPORT1701, registered in December 2018 with the University Hospital Medical Information Network (UMIN000034853), and published as a protocol paper [ ]. Approval was also obtained from the Clinical Research Review Board of the National Cancer Center Hospital (2018–160).
: Written informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study.
: The authors affirm that human research participants provided informed consent for publication of the images in Supplementary Fig. .
: A portion of this manuscript has already been presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) Annual Meeting 2023, held from June 2 to June 6 in Chicago, Illinois.
: The authors declare no competing interests.