About the Authors

Hirotsugu Yanai

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan

Katsuhiro Yoshikawa

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan, Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratory, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan

Mitsuaki Ishida

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Writing – original draft

ishidamt@hirakata.kmu.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratory, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan

Koji Tsuta

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratory, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan

Mitsugu Sekimoto

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan

Tomoharu Sugie

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.