Miyake, Makito http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9503-7356
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Iida, Kota
Nishimura, Nobutaka
Miyamoto, Tatsuki
Fujimoto, Kiyohide
Tomida, Ryotaro
Matsumoto, Kazumasa
Numakura, Kazuyuki
Inokuchi, Junichi
Morizane, Shuichi
Yoneyama, Takahiro
Matsumura, Yoshiaki
Abe, Takashige
Inoue, Masaharu
Yamada, Takeshi
Terada, Naoki
Hirao, Shuya
Uemura, Motohide
Matsushita, Yuto
Taoka, Rikiya
Kobayashi, Takashi
Kojima, Takahiro
Matsui, Yoshiyuki
Kitamura, Hiroshi
Nishiyama, Hiroyuki
Article History
Received: 21 November 2020
Accepted: 22 February 2021
First Online: 11 March 2021
Declarations
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: This study is a retrospective observational study and was conducted in accordance with the relevant guidelines, regulations, and the Declaration of Helsinki. The methods and procedures for this study were approved by the Ethics Committee of the Nara Medical University (reference protocol ID: 2217). Informed consent was obtained from patients or his/her representatives through posters and/or website using the opt-out method. Official names of institutional review board of each collaborating institute are listed here: the Medical ethics committee at Osaka University; the ethics committee of Kagawa University Faculty of Medicine; the Ethics Committee on Clinical Research, Kagoshima University; the Medical Ethics Committee for Kitasato University; the Kyushu University Hospital Ethics Committee; the Ethics Committee Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine Kyoto University; the Ethics committee of The Jikei University School of Medicine for Biomedical Research; the Ethics Committee of Shimane University; the Ethics Committee of Chiba University; the Ethics in Human Subject Research at the University of Tsukuba; the Ethics Committee of University of Toyama; the Ethical committee of Harasanshin Hospital; the Committee of Medical Ethics of Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine; the Independent Ethics Committee of Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine; the Ethical Review Committee of Yamagata University Faculty of Medicine; the Research Ethics Committee of University of Miyazaki; the Medical Ethics Review board of the Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine; the Ethical committee of National Cancer Center Research Institute; the Ethical committee National Cancer Center Research Institute East; the Shikoku Cancer Center Ethics Committee; the Akita University School of Medicine Ethics Committee; Tottori University Faculty of Medicine Ethics Committee; the Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine Ethics Committee; the Ethics Committee of Hamamatsu University School of Medicine; the Ethics Committee of Nara Prefecture General Medical Center; the Ethics Committee of Kokuho Chuo Hosiptal; the Ethics Committee of Nara City Hospital; the Ethics Committee of Yamato Koriyama Hospital; the Ethics Committee of Hirao Hospital; the Ethics Committee of Saiseikai Chuwa Hospital.
: Not applicable. This manuscript contains no individual person’s data in any form.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.