Kusama, Hiroki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2163-7989
Takahashi, Yoshimitsu https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4073-9945
Orihara, Shunichiro https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0168-1250
Adachi, Kayo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1425-2271
Ishizuka, Yumiko https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1588-3067
Semba, Ryoko https://orcid.org/0009-0007-8670-4357
Shima, Hidetaka https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4913-1648
Horimoto, Yoshiya https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8935-0768
Kaise, Hiroshi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6638-783X
Taguri, Masataka https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8902-0056
Inoue, Sho https://orcid.org/0009-0003-2434-9899
Nakayama, Takeo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7918-6252
Ishikawa, Takashi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3450-4533
Article History
Received: 30 June 2025
Accepted: 12 October 2025
First Online: 29 October 2025
Declarations
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: Yoshiya Horimoto is an Editorial Board member of Breast Cancer and a coauthor of this article. To minimize bias, he was excluded from all editorial decision-making related to the acceptance of this article for publication. The remaining authors declare no conflict of interest.
: The study was approved by the institutional review board of Tokyo Medical University (T2024-0034). The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. For this type of study formal consent is not required.