About the Authors
- Junko Aida
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* E-mail: aidajs@tmig.or.jp
Affiliation Research Team for Geriatric Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan
- Akira Yokoyama
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Affiliation Clinical Research Unit, National Hospital Organization Kurihama Medical and Addiction Center, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
- Naotaka Shimomura
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Affiliation Research Team for Geriatric Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan
- Ken-ichi Nakamura
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Affiliation Research Team for Geriatric Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan
- Naoshi Ishikawa
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Affiliation Research Team for Geriatric Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan
- Masanori Terai
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Affiliation Research Team for Geriatric Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan
- Steven Poon
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Affiliation Terry Fox Laboratory, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, Vancouver, Canada
- Masaaki Matsuura
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Affiliation Department of Cancer Genomics, The Cancer Institute, The Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan
- Mutsunori Fujiwara
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Japanese Red Cross Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan
- Motoji Sawabe
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Affiliations Department of Moleculo-genetic Sciences, Division of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences, Graduate School of Health Care Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
- Tomio Arai
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Geriatric Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
- Kaiyo Takubo
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Affiliation Research Team for Geriatric Pathology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Establish and maintenance of original software: SSP. Endoscopic examination, medical examination: AY. Conceived and designed the experiments: JA KT. Performed the experiments: NS KN NI. Analyzed the data: JA NS MT MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AY MF MS TA NI. Wrote the paper: JA KT.