Matsuura, Akari https://orcid.org/0009-0005-7987-3422
Watanabe, Takeshi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4532-0556
Torii, Yuka
Kita, Kahori
Unohara, Taichi https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6685-1188
Ishizu, Masashi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1209-0878
Otonari, Jun
Ikezaki, Hiroaki
Hara, Megumi
Nishida, Yuichiro
Nagayoshi, Mako
Wakai, Kenji
Kato, Yasufumi
Matsunaga, Takashi
Koyanagi, Yuriko N.
Oze, Isao
Michihata, Nobuaki
Nakamura, Yohko
Koriyama, Chihaya
Nishimoto, Daisaku
Suzuki, Sadao
Otani, Takahiro
Takashima, Naoyuki
Ozaki, Etsuko
Kuriki, Kiyonori
Miyagawa, Naoko
Kondo, Keiko
Tamura, Takashi
Matsuo, Keitaro
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Article History
Received: 9 May 2025
Accepted: 7 December 2025
First Online: 12 December 2025
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the ethics committees of the Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute (the present principal investigator Keitaro Matsuo) (IRB No. H2210001A), Tokushima University Hospital (IRB No. 466–16), and other institutions. All the participants provided written informed consent. The study was performed in accordance with the ethical standards of the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.