About the Authors

Han-Sung Kang

Contributed equally to this work with: Han-Sung Kang, Sei Hyun Ahn

Affiliation Center for Breast Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Sei Hyun Ahn

Contributed equally to this work with: Han-Sung Kang, Sei Hyun Ahn

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Division of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Siddhartha Kumar Mishra

Current address: School of Biological Sciences, Dr. Harisingh Gour Central University, Sagar, (M.P.), India

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Kyeong-Man Hong

Affiliation Division of Cancer Biology, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Eun Sook Lee

Affiliation Center for Breast Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Kyung Hwan Shin

Affiliation Center for Breast Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Jungsil Ro

Affiliation Center for Breast Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Keun Seok Lee

Affiliation Center for Breast Cancer, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Mi Kyung Kim

alrud@ncc.re.kr

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MKK. Performed the experiments: H-SK SHA. Analyzed the data: SKM K-MH ESL KHS JR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KSL. Wrote the paper: SKM.