About the Authors

Hiroaki Kuroda

Current Address: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Yukinori Sakao

ysakao@aichi-cc.jp

Current Address: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Mingyon Mun

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Hirofumi Uehara

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Masayuki Nakao

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Yousuke Matsuura

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Tetsuya Mizuno

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

Noriaki Sakakura

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

Noriko Motoi

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Yuichi Ishikawa

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Yasushi Yatabe

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Diagnosis, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Japan

Ken Nakagawa

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Sakae Okumura

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgical Oncology, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Cancer Institute Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: HK YS TM NS. Wrote the paper: MM HU SO KN YM. Sampled the data: MN YM. Performed pathological analysis: NM YI YY.