Kimura, Alisa
Mitsuda, Junichi
Yoshimura, Kanako
Saburi, Sumiyo
Murakami, Nanako
Sakurai, Nana
Yoshizawa, Koichi
Morimoto, Hiroki
Mukudai, Shigeyuki
Nagao, Hikaru
Ogi, Hiroshi
Shibata, Saya
Miyagawa-Hayashino, Aya
Konishi, Eiichi
Itoh, Kyoko
Hirano, Shigeru
Tsujikawa, Takahiro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (23K15891, 23K19516, 22K09688)
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (JP23zf0227002, JP23zf0227002, JP23zf0227002)
Public Promoting Association Asano Foundation for Studies on Medicine
Research Promotion Award from the Japanese Society of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Article History
Received: 13 February 2025
Accepted: 20 May 2025
First Online: 7 June 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing non-financial interests but the following competing financial interests: T.T. is a paid consultant for Merck Biopharma and Rakuten Medical and receives speaker fees from Bristol-Myers Squibb, Merck Biopharma, Eisai Co., Ltd., Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp, Ono Pharmaceutical, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Factory, and Rakuten Medical. S.S. and H.O. are employees of SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd. E.K. is a paid consultant for Roche Diagnostics and receives speaker fees from Chugai Pharmaceuticals. K.I. received research funding from SCREEN Holdings Co. Ltd.