Kitamura, Yoshiyuki https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8852-2895
Isoda, Takuro
Sando, Motohiro
Kusunoki, Masaoki
Kikuchi, Kazufumi
Baba, Shingo
Ishigami, Kousei
Article History
Received: 2 July 2025
Accepted: 3 December 2025
First Online: 31 December 2025
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was conducted under the tenets of the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the institutional review board of Kyushu University (assignment number: 24271). The Board waived the need for written informed consent because FDG-PET/CT assessments were routinely included in clinical practice.
: Consent for the use of data for scientific research and publication was obtained for all patients.
: The authors declare no conflicts of interest.