About the Authors

Hiroki Osumi

Affiliation Departments of Gastroenterology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Eiji Shinozaki

eiji.shinozaki@jfcr.or.jp

Affiliation Departments of Gastroenterology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Mitsukuni Suenaga

Affiliation Departments of Gastroenterology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Takeru Wakatsuki

Affiliation Departments of Gastroenterology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Izuma Nakayama

Affiliation Departments of Gastroenterology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Tomohiro Matsushima

Affiliation Departments of Gastroenterology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Mariko Ogura

Affiliation Departments of Gastroenterology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Ichimura

Affiliation Departments of Gastroenterology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Daisuke Takahari

Affiliation Departments of Gastroenterology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Keisho Chin

Affiliation Departments of Gastroenterology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Toshiya Nagasaki

Affiliation Departments of Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Tsuyoshi Konishi

Affiliation Departments of Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Akiyoshi

Affiliation Departments of Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Yoshiya Fujimoto

Affiliation Departments of Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Satoshi Nagayama

Affiliation Departments of Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Yosuke Fukunaga

Affiliation Departments of Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Masashi Ueno

Affiliation Departments of Surgery, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Kensei Yamaguchi

Affiliation Departments of Gastroenterology, Cancer Institute Hospital, Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: ES. Formal analysis: HO. Investigation: Y. Fujimoto MU. Supervision: ES KY. Writing – original draft: HO. Writing – review & editing: ES MS TW IN TM MO TI DT KC TN TK TA Y. Fujimoto SN Y. Fukunaga MU KY.