Mizutani, Katsuhiro
Miyauchi, Tsubasa
Yamada, Yoshitake http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5842-5349
Yamada, Minoru
Yokoyama, Yoichi
Kosugi, Kenzo
Yoshida, Keisuke
Akiyama, Takenori
Toda, Masahiro
Jinzaki, Masahiro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHI (JP20K08056, JP21H03799, JP23K07214)
Takeda Medical Research Foundation
Article History
Received: 23 January 2024
Accepted: 7 April 2024
First Online: 13 April 2024
Declarations
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: Masahiro Jinzaki received a grant from Canon Medical Systems. However, the company was not involved in the design and conduct of the study; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of the data; or in the preparation, review, and approval of the manuscript. The remaining authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.
: In this study, we retrospectively reviewed data collected during a previous prospective study that had been approved by the local ethics committee (No. 20180035) (UMIN-CTR: UMIN000032999). The current study was approved by the local ethics committee (No. 20221150).
: Regarding informed consent, written consent was obtained in the previous prospective study. Given the design of the present study, the local institutional ethics committees have waived the requirement for informed consent, in accordance with the ethical standards of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its subsequent amendments, for this retrospective study.