Clinical outcomes in non-small cell lung cancer patients with an ultra-high expression of programmed death ligand-1 treated using pembrolizumab as a first-line therapy: A retrospective multicenter cohort study in Japan

• Ryuya Edahiro,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Thoracic Oncology, National Hospital Organization Osaka Toneyama Medical Center, Toyonaka, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5009-6408

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• Masaki Kanazu ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kanazu.masaki.hs@mail.hosp.go.jp

  Affiliation Department of Thoracic Oncology, National Hospital Organization Osaka Toneyama Medical Center, Toyonaka, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4405-1929

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• Hiroyuki Kurebe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Thoracic Oncology, National Hospital Organization Osaka Toneyama Medical Center, Toyonaka, Japan

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• Masahide Mori,

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Thoracic Oncology, National Hospital Organization Osaka Toneyama Medical Center, Toyonaka, Japan

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• Daichi Fujimoto,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan

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• Yoshihiko Taniguchi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kinki-Chuo Chest Medical Center, Osaka, Japan

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• Hidekazu Suzuki,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Thoracic Oncology, Osaka Habikino Medical Center, Osaka, Japan

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• Katsuya Hirano,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki General Medical Center, Amagasaki, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1358-7018

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• Toshihide Yokoyama,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan

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• Mitsunori Morita,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center West Hospital, Kobe, Japan

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• Yasushi Fukuda,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Himeji Medical Center, Himeji, Japan

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• Junji Uchida,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Osaka General Medical Center, Osaka, Japan

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• Takeshi Makio,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Respiratory Medicine, Itami City Hospital, Itami, Japan

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• Motohiro Tamiya

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Project administration, Supervision, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Thoracic Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

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