Takada, Kazuki https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6377-9291
Shimokawa, Mototsugu
Takamori, Shinkichi
Shimamatsu, Shinichiro
Hirai, Fumihiko
Tagawa, Tetsuzo
Okamoto, Tatsuro
Hamatake, Motoharu
Tsuchiya-Kawano, Yuko
Otsubo, Kohei
Inoue, Koji
Yoneshima, Yasuto
Tanaka, Kentaro
Okamoto, Isamu
Nakanishi, Yoichi
Mori, Masaki
Article History
Received: 18 March 2021
Accepted: 8 March 2022
First Online: 6 May 2022
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in this study involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The current study was approved by our institutional review boards (Kyushu University, IRB No. 2020-76, Kyushu Cancer Center, IRB No. 2019-45, and Kitakyushu Municipal Medical Center, IRB No. 202008008). The requirement of informed consent from the patients enrolled in this study was waived because of the retrospective design, and patient information was protected.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.