Takeda, Kazuya https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7354-4063
Umezawa, Rei
Yamamoto, Takaya
Takahashi, Noriyoshi
Okuda, Shinsaku
Jingu, Keiichi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP25K19095)
Article History
Received: 27 March 2026
Accepted: 20 May 2026
First Online: 28 May 2026
Declarations
Competing interests: SO received travel fee from Boston Scientific Japan, and KJ received a scholarship donation from Elekta KK. Regarding the other authors, they have no relevant financial or non-financial interests to disclose.
Consent to participate: This observational study used an anonymized database, and informed consent was waived.
Ethics approval: This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Approval was granted by the Ethics Committee of Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine (approval number: 2025-1-452).