Kondo, Yoshihiko
Yano, Hiromu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3985-0259
Fujiwara, Yukio
Niino, Daisuke
Kawano, Yawara
Yasunaga, Jun-ichirou
Yamamoto, Masahiro
Komohara, Yoshihiro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kumamoto University
Article History
Received: 5 March 2026
Accepted: 25 May 2026
First Online: 10 June 2026
Declarations
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: Y.K. is an editorial board member at Medical Molecular Morphology. The remaining authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
: The study design was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Kumamoto University (approval no. 2224/3151), and conducted in accordance with the guidelines for Good Clinical Practice and the Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent for the use of tissue samples was obtained from all participants.
: Not applicable.