About the Authors

Su-jin Kim

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital & College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Division of Surgery, Thyroid Center, Seoul National University Cancer Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Jun Pyo Myong

medical001@catholic.ac.kr (JPM); kyueunlee@snu.ac.kr (KEL)

Affiliation Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University, Seoul, Korea

Hyunsuk Suh

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, United States of America

Kyu Eun Lee

medical001@catholic.ac.kr (JPM); kyueunlee@snu.ac.kr (KEL)

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital & College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Division of Surgery, Thyroid Center, Seoul National University Cancer Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Yeo-Kyu Youn

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Seoul National University Hospital & College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea, Division of Surgery, Thyroid Center, Seoul National University Cancer Hospital, Seoul, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SJK JPM. Analyzed the data: JPM SJK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JPM SJK. Wrote the paper: SJK JPM HSS KEL YKY.