Shimonosono, Masataka
Arigami, Takaaki https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8650-8937
Okubo, Keishi
Matsushita, Daisuke
Noda, Masahiro
Tsuruda, Yusuke
Sasaki, Ken
Baba, Kenji
Ohtsuka, Takao
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kagoshima University
Article History
Received: 2 December 2025
Accepted: 1 March 2026
First Online: 7 April 2026
Declarations
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: Takaaki Arigami has received lecture fees from Bristol Myers Squibb, Astellas, and Daiichi Sankyo, Japan. The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Kagoshima University (approval number: 230069) and conducted in accordance with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent versions.
: This retrospective study used an opt-out method to obtain informed consent from patients.