About the Authors

Yoji Kukita

Affiliation Research Institute, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Junji Uchida

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Shigeyuki Oba

Affiliations Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, PRESTO, JST, Uji, Kyoto, Japan

Kazumi Nishino

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Toru Kumagai

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Kazuya Taniguchi

Affiliation Research Institute, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Takako Okuyama

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Fumio Imamura

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Kikuya Kato

katou-ki@mc.pref.osaka.jp

Affiliation Research Institute, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KK. Performed the experiments: YK KT. Analyzed the data: KK YK SO FI JU KN TO TK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YK FI JU KN TO TK KT. Wrote the manuscript: KK YK. Statistical analysis: KK. Certification and conceptual assistance of statistical analysis: SO.