Kawano, Masanori
Kubota, Yuta
Itonaga, Ichiro
Kaku, Nobuhiro
Tanaka, Kazuhiro
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (24K12422)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (24K12396)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (21K09230)
National Cancer Center Research and Development Fund (2023-J-03)
the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (JP24ck0106764)
Article History
Received: 13 December 2025
Accepted: 4 March 2026
First Online: 7 March 2026
Declarations
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: This retrospective study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Oita University Faculty of Medicine (Approval date: October 14, 2024) and was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. Due to the retrospective nature of the study, the requirement for written informed consent was waived. An opt-out approach was used, and study information was made publicly available on the Oita University Faculty of Medicine website to allow patients the opportunity to decline participation ( ).
: The authors declare no competing interests.