Itahashi, Kota
Shimizu, Toshio
Koyama, Takafumi
Kondo, Shunsuke
Fujiwara, Yutaka
Yamamoto, Noboru
Article History
Received: 6 July 2018
Accepted: 31 July 2018
First Online: 7 August 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Kota Itahashi has no conflicts of interest.Toshio Shimizu has provided consulting for Takeda Oncology; received honoraria from Ono Pharmaceutical, ONO Pharma Taiwan CO., LTD., Boehringer Ingelheim, Taiho Pharmaceutical and Chugai Pharmaceutical; and received research funding from Takeda Oncology, PharmaMar, Bristol-Myers Squibb Japan, Daiichi Sankyo, SymBio Pharmaceuticals, Five Prime Therapeutics, and 3D Medicine.Takafumi Koyama has no conflicts of interest.Shunsuke Kondo has received research funding from Astrazeneca, Eli Lilly, and Pfizer.Yutaka Fujiwara has provided consulting for Ono Pharmaceutical and Bristol-Myers Squibb Japan; participated in speakers’ bureau for Ono Pharmaceutical, Bristol-Myers Squibb Japan, MSD, and Taiho Pharmaceutical; and received research funding from AstraZeneca, Chugai Pharmaceutical, Daiichi Sankyo, Eisai, Lilly Japan, Novartis, Bristol-Myers Squibb Japan, MSD, Merck Serono, Abbvie, and Incyte.Noboru Yamamoto has provided consulting for Eisai, Takeda, Otsuka Pharmaceutical, and OncoTherapy Science; participated in speakers’ bureau for Bristol-Myers Squibb Japan, Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Lilly Japan, Ono Pharmaceutical, and Chugai Pharmaceutical; and received research funding from Chugai Pharmaceutical, Taiho Pharmaceutical, Eisai, Quintiles, Astellas Pharma, Novartis, Daiichi Sankyo, Boehringer Ingelheim, Takeda, Kyowa Hakko Kirin, Bayer, Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb Japan, Ono Pharmaceutical, and Bayer.
: This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.
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: We presented this work at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology; June 2–6, 2017; Chicago, Illinois.
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