Ichikawa, Hiroshi https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6515-5316
Nagahashi, Masayuki
Shimada, Yoshifumi
Hanyu, Takaaki
Ishikawa, Takashi
Kameyama, Hitoshi
Kobayashi, Takashi
Sakata, Jun
Yabusaki, Hiroshi
Nakagawa, Satoru
Sato, Nobuaki
Hirata, Yuki
Kitagawa, Yuko
Tanahashi, Toshiyuki
Yoshida, Kazuhiro
Nakanishi, Ryota
Oki, Eiji
Vuzman, Dana
Lyle, Stephen
Takabe, Kazuaki
Ling, Yiwei
Okuda, Shujiro
Akazawa, Kohei
Wakai, Toshifumi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (17H04280, 26700029)
Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (R01CA160688)
Susan G. Komen (IIR12222224)
Article History
Received: 17 July 2017
Accepted: 17 October 2017
First Online: 31 October 2017
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was conducted in accordance with the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki. Collection and use of all specimens in this study were approved by the Institutional Review Boards of Niigata University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences (#771), Niigata Cancer Center Hospital (#641), Gifu University (#27-326), Kyushu University (#672-00), and Keio University (#20150469). Informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: Informed consent for the presentation of case reports was obtained from patients.
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