Kunitsu, Yuki
Koide, Hiroyoshi
Ikuta, Keiko
Hira, Daiki
Nakagawa, Shunsaku
Tsuda, Masahiro
Morita, Shin-Ya
Terada, Tomohiro
Article History
Received: 13 October 2025
Accepted: 7 January 2026
First Online: 16 January 2026
Declarations
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: This retrospective cohort study was conducted using anonymized data from the DeSC claims database (Tokyo, Japan). According to the Japanese Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Biological Research Involving Human Subjects, the use of fully anonymized secondary data is exempt from Institutional Review Board approval and informed consent. Therefore, ethics approval and consent to participate were not required for this study.
: Not applicable.
: Financial interests: TT received speakers from Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd. and Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.. The authors have no financial interests to declare.