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

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

Masafumi Sada

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

Kohei Horioka

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

Charles D. Ulrich III

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Oncology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 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, Research Fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Tokyo, 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

Kazuhiro Mizumoto

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

Yoshinao Oda

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. Performed the experiments: KF CU. Analyzed the data: MS KH KS YO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS TO ST YO. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KF KO MS KM YO MT.