Horiuchi, Yusuke http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8116-8152
Aoyama, Kazuharu
Tokai, Yoshitaka
Hirasawa, Toshiaki
Yoshimizu, Shoichi
Ishiyama, Akiyoshi
Yoshio, Toshiyuki
Tsuchida, Tomohiro
Fujisaki, Junko
Tada, Tomohiro
Article History
Received: 14 August 2019
Accepted: 24 September 2019
First Online: 4 October 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: There are no conflicts of interest associated with this study.
: The study has been approved by the institutional review board of the Cancer Institute Hospital (IRB no. 2016-1171) and the Japan Medical Association (ID JMA-IIA00283). All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. For this type of study, formal consent is not required.
: Written informed consent for use of pathological specimens and imaging data for research purposes was obtained from each patient.