About the Authors

Hiroshi Fukushima

Affiliation Department of Urology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Minato Yokoyama

Affiliation Department of Urology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Yasukazu Nakanishi

Affiliation Department of Urology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Ken-ichi Tobisu

Affiliation Department of Urology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Fumitaka Koga

f-koga@cick.jp

Affiliation Department of Urology, Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center, Komagome Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FK HF. Performed the experiments: HF. Analyzed the data: HF FK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HF MY FK. Wrote the paper: HF FK. Critically reviewed the manuscript: MY YN KIT.