About the Authors

Hiroaki Kasashima

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Masakazu Yashiro

m9312510@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Molecular Oncology and Therapeutics, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Hirohisa Nakamae

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Go Masuda

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Haruhito Kinoshita

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Tamami Morisaki

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Tatsunari Fukuoka

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Tsuyoshi Hasegawa

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Takahiko Nakane

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Masayuki Hino

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Kosei Hirakawa

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Masaichi Ohira

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: H. Kasashima MY KH MO. Data curation: H. Kasashima MY. Formal analysis: H. Kasashima MY GM H. Kinoshita TM TF TH. Funding acquisition: MY KH MO. Investigation: H. Kasashima MY HN GM H. Kinoshita TM TF TH TN MH KH MO. Methodology: H. Kasashima MY HN TN MH. Project administration: MY KH MO. Resources: H. Kasashima MY HN GM H. Kinoshita TM TF TH TN MH KH MO. Software: H. Kasashima MY. Supervision: MY KH MO. Validation: H. Kasashima MY. Visualization: H. Kasashima MY. Writing – original draft: H. Kasashima MY. Writing – review & editing: H. Kasashima MY HN TN MH KH MO.