Aso, Yuka
Nishikawa, Takumi
Mori, Yasuko
Kodama, Yosuke
Iwanaga, Manami
Yoshida, Masaki
Haruyama, Takami
Sakata, Masanori
Katayama, Oju
Okuhiro, Kazuki
Honda, Shuhei
Nagamatsu, Kentaro
Moroga, Yui
Takano, Kuniko
Kawano, Rie
Nakano, Satoko
Yahiro, Takaaki
Nishizono, Akira
Ogata, Masao https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4896-5878
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP25K11629)
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (24ck0106860h0002)
OITA Cancer Research Foundation (K140F0430A)
Article History
Received: 31 August 2025
Revised: 4 November 2025
Accepted: 5 November 2025
First Online: 10 November 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare the following competing interests: Masao Ogata has been in discussions to serve as a medical expert for Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., the planned developer of the similar PCR assay used in this study. At the time of manuscript submission, no formal contract has been finalized and no financial compensation has been received. All other authors declare no competing interests.
: This work was supported by the JSPS KAKENHI (JP25K11629), Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) (24ck0106860h0002), and OITA Cancer Research Foundation (K140F0430A).