Tateishi, Ayako https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0683-1513
Miyamoto, Tsutomu
Ohya, Maki
Shiozawa, Tanri
Kanno, Hiroyuki
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP19K16584)
Article History
Received: 23 November 2024
Accepted: 24 April 2025
First Online: 6 May 2025
Declarations
: This study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and the Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Biological Research Involving Human Subjects formulated by the Japanese government.
: Ethical approval was granted by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Shinshu University School of Medicine, Japan (No. 4488). Informed written consent was substituted by the informed opt-out procedure because of the retrospective nature of observation study. The information about this study was posted on the website of the Department of Pathology, Shinshu University School of Medicine to give participants the opportunity to opt out, and those who did not opt out were considered to have provided tacit consent for study participation. The waived written consent and the informed opt-out procedure were approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the Shinshu University School of Medicine.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.