About the Authors

Dan Nakano

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

Takumi Kawaguchi

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

takumi@med.kurume-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan

Hideki Iwamoto

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Supervision

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan, Liver Cancer Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan

Masako Hayakawa

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Liver Cancer Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan

Hironori Koga

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan, Liver Cancer Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan

Takuji Torimura

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Japan, Liver Cancer Division, Research Center for Innovative Cancer Therapy, Kurume University, Kurume, Japan

Competing Interests

Takumi Kawaguchi received lecture fees from Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, MSD K.K., and Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. However, this does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The description was added in the revised main text as well as the cover letter.