About the Authors
- Takashi Murakami
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Affiliations AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
- Yukihiko Hiroshima
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Affiliations AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
- Yong Zhang
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Affiliation AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- Takashi Chishima
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
- Kuniya Tanaka
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
- Michael Bouvet
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Itaru Endo
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Japan
- Robert M. Hoffman
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* E-mail: all@anticancer.com
Affiliations AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests: Yong Zhang is an employee of AntiCancer Inc. Takashi Murakami and Robert M. Hoffman are unpaid affiliates of AntiCancer Inc. Yukihiko Hiroshima is a former unpaid affiliates of AntiCancer Inc. Robert M. Hoffman is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board Member. AntiCancer Inc. played an indirect role through the participation of the coauthors. There are no other competing interests. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TM RMH. Performed the experiments: TM YH YZ. Analyzed the data: TM YH YZ TC KT MB IE RMH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMH. Wrote the paper: TM RMH.