Takanashi, Yusuke
Funai, Kazuhito
Sato, Shumpei
Kawase, Akikazu
Tao, Hong
Takahashi, Yutaka
Sugimura, Haruhiko
Setou, Mitsutoshi
Kahyo, Tomoaki
Shiiya, Norihiko
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (15664816)
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (JPMXS0410300220)
Article History
Received: 11 May 2020
Accepted: 17 August 2020
First Online: 24 August 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan (#18–264) and was registered at the UMIN Clinical Trial Registry (UMIN000039202) on 21st January 2020. Patients who were scheduled for tissue collection provided written informed consent preoperatively.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declared no conflict of interest.