Yoshimura, Akihiro
Yamada, Tadaaki
Okura, Naoko
Takeda, Takayuki
Furutani, Wataru
Kubota, Yutaka
Shiotsu, Shinsuke
Hiranuma, Osamu
Nishioka, Naoya
Chihara, Yusuke
Tamiya, Nobuyo
Kaneko, Yoshiko
Uchino, Junji
Takayama, Koichi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kobayashi Foundation for Cancer Research
A Grant for Lung Cancer Research, founded by Japan Lung Cancer Society
Article History
Received: 8 June 2018
Accepted: 29 November 2018
First Online: 11 December 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All patients had submitted written informed consent, which were performed in accordance with protocols approved by the institutional review board (IRB) of Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Uji-Tokushukai Medical Center, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daini Hospital, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daiichi Hospital, or Otsu city hospital.
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