Kawamura, Hidetaka
Morishima, Toshitaka http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0747-3287
Sato, Akira
Honda, Michitaka
Miyashiro, Isao
Funding for this research was provided by:
Health Care Science Institute (28-9)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JP16K19291)
Article History
Received: 18 August 2019
Accepted: 30 December 2019
First Online: 6 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Osaka International Cancer Institute (Approval number: 1707105108). This board waived the need for informed consent in accordance with the Japanese government’s Ethical Guidelines for Medical and Health Research Involving Human Subjects, which allow for the opt-out approach for the secondary use of existing data.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.