Iwasaki, Yoshiaki
Terashima, Masanori http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2967-8267
Mizusawa, Junki
Katayama, Hiroshi
Nakamura, Kenichi
Katai, Hitoshi
Yoshikawa, Takaki
Ito, Seiji
Kaji, Masahide
Kimura, Yutaka
Hirao, Motohiro
Yamada, Makoto
Kurita, Akira
Takagi, Masakazu
Lee, Sang-Woong
Takagane, Akinori
Yabusaki, Hiroshi
Hihara, Jun
Boku, Narikazu
Sano, Takeshi
Sasako, Mitsuru
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Cancer Center (23-A-19, 26-A-4, 29-A-3, 2020-J-3)
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (H19-15, H22-23, H22-27)
Article History
Received: 3 September 2020
Accepted: 19 October 2020
First Online: 16 November 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: MT reports lecture fees from Taiho Pharmaceutical, Chugai Pharmaceutical, Ono Pharmaceutical, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Yakult Honsha, Takeda Pharmaceutical, Eli Lilly Japan KK, Pfizer Pharmaceutical, and Daiichi Sankyo outside the submitted work. JM reports personal fees from Chugai Pharmaceutical, outside the submitted work. HK reports personal fees from Johnson & Johnson outside the submitted work. KN reports personal fees from Chugai, Bayer, and Taiho outside the submitted work. SI reports personal fees from Taiho Pharmaceutical, AstraZeneca, grants from Ono Pharmaceutical, and Merck Sharp & Dohme outside the submitted work. TY reports personal fees from MSD, BMS, Ono, Taiho, Lilly, Chugai, Pfizer, Nihon Kayaku, TERUMO, Covidien, and Johnson & Johnson outside the submitted work. NB received a research grant from Ono and Takeda and honorarium from Taiho, Ono, and Bristol-Myers Squibb outside the submitted work. TS reports personal fees from Taiho Pharma during the conduct of the study; personal fees from Taiho Pharma, Chugai Pharma, Ono Pharma, Eli Lilly, Yakult Pharma, and Daiichi Sankyo Pharma outside the submitted work. MS reports personal fees from Taiho Pharmaceutical during the study period. All other authors declare no competing interests.
: All procedures were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and later versions. Informed consent for inclusion in the study was obtained from all patients.
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