Ito, Kosuke
Chino, Akiko https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7412-4397
Horiuchi, Yusuke
Takamatsu, Manabu
Ueki, Arisa
Yoshio, Toshiyuki
Hirasawa, Toshiaki
Seto, Toshiyuki
Saito, Shoichi
Article History
Received: 3 May 2025
Accepted: 19 September 2025
First Online: 8 October 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.
: Ethical approval was not required for this study because it was an observational study involving a small number of cases, as confirmed by theEthics Committee of the Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research. The study was conducted in accordance with theethical standards of the institutional and national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments, orcomparable ethical standards
: Informed consent was obtained from all patients for being included in the study.