About the Authors

Yukinori Sakao

ysakao@aichi-cc.jp

Affiliations Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

Hiroaki Kuroda

Affiliations Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

Mingyon Mun

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Hirofumi Uehara

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Noriko Motoi

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Yuichi Ishikawa

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Ken Nakagawa

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Sakae Okumura

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SO KN. Analyzed the data: HU HK YS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM YI NM. Wrote the paper: HK YS. Pathological examination and analyses (Chief of the department of pathology): YI. Pathological examination and analyses (Chief of the division of the lung pathology): NM.