Sugisaki, Koshu
Ueda, Seiji
Yako-Suketomo, Hiroko
Monobe, Hirofumi
Ueji, Masaru
Mori, Ryoichi
Watanabe, Masaki
Eto, Takashi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (H24-Clinical Cancer Research-General- 010)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP18H00998)
Article History
First Online: 15 August 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
: We received approval from the ethics committee of Niigata University of Health and Welfare before conducting the study. Moreover, the survey was carried out once participants were informed that their anonymity and freedom to participate would be guaranteed, as outlined in the survey manual. The front page of the survey form stated the survey objectives and procedures; moreover, participant anonymity, the fact that participation in the survey would not affect school grades, and the freedom to participate in and withdraw from the study were also clearly explained in the survey.
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.