Tsukamoto, Fumine
Arihiro, Koji
Takahashi, Mina
Ito, Ken-ichi
Ohsumi, Shozo
Takashima, Seiki
Oba, Takaaki
Yoshida, Masayuki
Kishi, Kazuki
Yamagishi, Keisuke
Kinoshita, Takayuki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3567-2187
Funding for this research was provided by:
Sysmex Corporation
Article History
Received: 10 December 2020
Accepted: 13 September 2021
First Online: 5 October 2021
Declarations
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: Ethical approval was obtained from institutional review board of Japan Community Health care Organization Osaka Hospital, institutional review board of Hiroshima University Hospital, institutional review board of National Hospital Organization Shikoku Cancer Center, the Medical Ethics Committee on Clinical Investigation of Shinshu University, National Cancer Center Hospital Certified Review Board and institutional review board of Sysmex Corporation (IRB No. 2014–46), and the study was conducted in accordance with the current laws of Japan. Comprehensive written informed consent was obtained from each patient before the surgery. For patients who have difficulty receiving informed consent with regard to the use of existing samples and information, an opportunity to refuse was given to them by posting information about the research, including the purpose of the research, on the homepage of each facility. This procedure has been approved by the institutional review board of each institution.
: Not Applicable.
: KI received research funding from Eisai Co., Ltd. KK and KY, who are employees of the Sysmex Corporation, participated in the analysis.