About the Authors

Shunsuke Mori

Affiliations Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, 1–1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464–8681, Japan, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466–8550, Japan

Noriyasu Usami

Affiliations Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, 1–1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464–8681, Japan, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466–8550, Japan

Koichi Fukumoto

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466–8550, Japan

Tetsuya Mizuno

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, 1–1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464–8681, Japan

Hiroaki Kuroda

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, 1–1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464–8681, Japan

Noriaki Sakakura

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, 1–1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464–8681, Japan

Kohei Yokoi

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsurumai-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, 466–8550, Japan

Yukinori Sakao

ysakao@aichi-cc.jp

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, 1–1 Kanokoden, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, 464–8681, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Analyzed the data: YS HK NU KF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TM. Wrote the paper: SM KY NS.