Shinozaki, Eiji
Tanabe, Kazuhiro
Akiyoshi, Takashi
Tsuchida, Tomohiro
Miyazaki, Yuko
Kojima, Nozomi
Igarashi, Masahiro
Ueno, Masashi
Suenaga, Mitsukuni
Mizunuma, Nobuyuki
Yamaguchi, Kensei
Nakayama, Konosuke
Iijima, Sadayo
Yamaguchi, Toshiharu
Article History
Received: 8 August 2017
Accepted: 20 March 2018
First Online: 11 April 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board (No. 2011–1025) of Cancer Institute Hospital of Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, and was conducted following the Ethical Guidelines of Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan. Written informed consent was obtained from all patients before participation.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. Kazuhiro Tanabe and Sadayo Iijima are working for LSI Medience Corporation, and Yuko Miyazaki and Nozomi Kojima are woking for Mitsubishi Chemical Group Science and Technology Research Center.
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