Sunaguchi, Naoki http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2303-9763
Shimao, Daisuke
Yuasa, Tetsuya
Ichihara, Shu
Nishimura, Rieko
Oshima, Risa
Watanabe, Aya
Niwa, Kikuko
Ando, Masami
Article History
Received: 17 October 2019
Accepted: 7 February 2020
First Online: 13 February 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: All procedures used in this research were approved by the Ethical Committee of Nagoya University and Nagoya Medical Center.
: With regard to the appropriate procedure for collecting data from existing tissue samples, we adopted an opt-out system instead of informed consent. Our website and bulletin boards announced that we were collecting data from existing tissue samples for scientific research in the present study. The patients’ personal information is protected, but the data will be used automatically unless the patients actively dissent.