Miura, Katsutoshi
Iwashita, Toshihide
Article History
Received: 26 April 2025
Accepted: 8 August 2025
First Online: 11 August 2025
Declarations
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: Patient samples were retrospectively selected from the files of Hamamatsu University School of Medicine between 2008 and 2022. The clinical information, including age, gender and pathological diagnosis, was acquired following the protocol approved by the ethical committee of the Hamamatsu University School of Medicine (approval number: 19–180). The study protocol conformed to the ethical guidelines of the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 1983. The pathology samples were collected during surgery, and verbal and written informed consents were obtained from each patient before sample collection. The name and other identifying information were not used in the study. All methods were carried out in accordance with the guidelines and the regulations of the ethical committee.
: KM has a relationship with Honda Electronics Co Ltd that includes consulting fees, and the other authors have no competing interests.