Clinical validation of the suppressive impact of letrozole on liver fibrosis in patients with breast cancer undergoing continuous letrozole administration: A retrospective study

• Kazuyoshi Ohkawa ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

  * E-mail: kazuyoshi.ohkawa@oici.jp

  Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9700-2472

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• Tasuku Nakabori,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

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• Kaori Mukai,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

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• Kazuhiro Kozumi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

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• Makiko Urabe,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

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• Yugo Kai,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

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• Ryoji Takada,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

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• Kenji Ikezawa,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7517-8960

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• Yuko Yamaguchi,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Research and Genetic Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

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• Takuya Nagao,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Next-Generation Precision Medicine Research Center, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

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• Hatsune Enomoto,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Research & Development Department, Towa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kadoma, Osaka, Japan, Scientific Research and Business Development Department, Protosera, Inc., Settsu, Osaka, Japan

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• Hidehisa Tachiki,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Research & Development Department, Towa Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Kadoma, Osaka, Japan, Scientific Research and Business Development Department, Protosera, Inc., Settsu, Osaka, Japan

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• Ayako Higuchi,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

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• Noriyuki Watanabe,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

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• Takahiro Nakayama

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

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