Kosaka, Yumi
Kawaoka, Tomokazu
Aikata, Hiroshi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3409-2156
Suehiro, Yosuke
Yamaoka, Kenji
Ando, Yuwa
Namba, Maiko
Takeuchi, Yasue
Fujii, Yasutomo
Uchikawa, Shinsuke
Kodama, Kenichiro
Oya, Kazuki
Morio, Kei
Fujino, Hatsue
Nakahara, Takashi
Murakami, Eisuke
Yamauchi, Masami
Tsuge, Masataka
Hiramatsu, Akira
Imamura, Michio
Baba, Yasutaka
Awai, Kazuo
Kimura, Tomoki
Nagata, Yasushi
Chayama, Kazuaki
Article History
Received: 14 August 2019
Accepted: 14 January 2020
First Online: 23 January 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Kazuaki Chayama has received honoraria from Bristol-Myers Squibb, MSD K.K., AbbVie Inc., Gilead Sciences, Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma and Mitsubishi Tanabe and research funding from Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma, MSD K.K, AbbVie Inc, Eisai, Toray, Otsuka, Chugai, Takeda, Roche, Mitsubishi Tanabe and Bristol-Byers Squibb. Michio Imamura has received research funding from Bristol-Myers Squibb. Other authors declare no competing interests.
: All procedures followed have been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.