About the Authors

Takashi Takeshita

Affiliation Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Mutsuko Yamamoto-Ibusuki

Affiliation Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Yutaka Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of Molecular-Targeting Therapy for Breast Cancer, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

Yoko Omoto

Affiliation Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Yumi Honda

Affiliation Department of Surgical Pathology, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

Ken-ichi Iyama

Affiliation Department of Surgical Pathology, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

Zhenhuan Zhang

zzhang@ufl.edu (ZZ); hiwase@kumamoto-u.ac.jp (HI)

Current address: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Hirotaka Iwase

zzhang@ufl.edu (ZZ); hiwase@kumamoto-u.ac.jp (HI)

Affiliation Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TT ZZ HI. Performed the experiments: TT. Analyzed the data: TT MY-I YO YH KI YY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TT ZZ HI. Wrote the manuscript: TT MY-I YO ZZ HI YY.