Kudou, Kensuke
Irino, Tomoyuki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2056-0721
Ri, Motonari
Hayami, Masaru
Nunobe, Souya
Funding for this research was provided by:
Uehara Memorial Foundation (Uehara Memorial Foundation)
Kaibara Morikazu Medical Science Promotion Foundation (Kaibara Morikazu Medical Science Promotion Foundation)
Fukuoka Public Health Promotion Organization Cancer Research Fund (Fukuoka Public Health Promotion Organization Cancer Research Fund)
Article History
Received: 21 February 2026
Accepted: 11 May 2026
First Online: 1 June 2026
Declarations
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: Dr. Kensuke Kudou was supported by grants from the Kaibara Morikazu Medical Science Promotion Foundation in 2019, the Uehara Memorial Foundation in 2020, and the Fukuoka Public Health Promotion Organization Cancer Research Fund in 2021. Drs. Tomoyuki Irino, Motonari Ri, Masaru Hayami, and Souya Nunobe have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of the Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research. The study conformed to the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki (revised in Fortaleza, Brazil, October 2013) available at .
: Informed consent was obtained from all patients. For patients from whom direct consent could not be obtained, an opt-out procedure was employed via the study website.