About the Authors

Kenji Fujiwara

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Kenoki Ohuchida

kenoki@surg1.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Advanced Medical Initiatives, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Kazuhiro Mizumoto

Affiliations Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Kyushu University Hospital Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan

Koji Shindo

Affiliations Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, Department of Anatomic Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Daiki Eguchi

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Shingo Kozono

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Naoki Ikenaga

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Takao Ohtsuka

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Shunichi Takahata

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Shinichi Aishima

Affiliation Department of Anatomic Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Masao Tanaka

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KF KO KM NI MT. Performed the experiments: KF DE SK. Analyzed the data: KF KS NI SA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KF DE SK NI TO ST MT. Wrote the paper: KF KO KM NI MT.