Tsukamoto, Shuntaro
Tateno, Hiroaki
Shimomura, Osamu
Yamamoto, Kana
Saito, Sayoko
Murakami, Jinko
Nakahashi, Hiromitsu
Miyazaki, Yoshihiro
Enomoto, Tsuyoshi
Oda, Tatsuya
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP23K26872, JP23K08186, JP22K11444, JP23K24172)
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JPMJTR20UD)
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (24jm0210100h0003)
Article History
Received: 27 November 2024
Accepted: 13 May 2025
First Online: 21 May 2025
Declarations
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: The Department of Gastrointestinal and Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba received a scholarship endowment (incentive endowment) from Mito Chuo Hospital, Moriya Daiichi General Hospital, Koyama Memorial Hospital, Tsukuba Central Hospital, Tsukuba Gastrointestinal Hospital, and Mito Saiseikai General Hospital with an annual total of 1 million yen or more. Other authors do not have any competing interests to declare.
: The research protocol and all procedures were approved by the Institutional Review Board of the University of Tsukuba Hospital (IRB code: H28-90), Tsukuba, Japan. This study was performed in line with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Pancreatic cancer tissue samples were obtained from patients who provided written informed consent.