Sugiyama, Yosuke
Naiki, Taku
Tasaki, Yoshihiko
Kondo, Yuki
Kataoka, Tomoya
Etani, Toshiki
Iida, Keitaro
Nozaki, Satoshi
Ando, Ryosuke
Osaga, Satoshi
Yasui, Takahiro
Kimura, Kazunori
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Education (18K16456)
Article History
Received: 24 January 2019
Accepted: 11 November 2019
First Online: 6 December 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: All authors declare no conflict of interest.
: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of Nagoya City University Hospital, and written informed consent from patients was waived because of the retrospective design (Approval no. 60160132). In addition, histopathological evaluation and participation in this study was performed retrospectively with opt-out consent for the reuse of previously obtained specimens for routine pathological diagnosis. This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki (according to the 2013 Fortaleza revision).