Makino, Tomoki http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7918-4217
Yamasaki, Makoto
Tanaka, Koji
Yamashita, Kotaro
Urakawa, Shinya
Ishida, Tomo
Shiraishi, Osamu
Sugimura, Keijiro
Miyata, Hiroshi
Motoori, Masaaki http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8529-2844
Fujitani, Kazumasa
Takeno, Atsushi
Hirao, Motohiro
Kimura, Yutaka
Satoh, Taroh
Yano, Masahiko
Eguchi, Hidetoshi
Doki, Yuichiro
Yasuda, Takushi
Article History
Received: 8 August 2021
Revised: 20 December 2021
Accepted: 28 January 2022
First Online: 9 February 2022
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All patients provided written informed consent for trial participation. The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board in each of six participating hospitals, before patient enrolment.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.