About the Authors

Nagahiro Tokuyama

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hyogo Cancer Center, Akashi, Hyogo, Japan

Naoki Takegawa

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

takegawa@hp.pref.hyogo.jp

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hyogo Cancer Center, Akashi, Hyogo, Japan

Michiko Nishikawa

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hyogo Cancer Center, Akashi, Hyogo, Japan

Aya Sakai

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hyogo Cancer Center, Akashi, Hyogo, Japan

Takuya Mimura

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hyogo Cancer Center, Akashi, Hyogo, Japan

Saeko Kushida

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hyogo Cancer Center, Akashi, Hyogo, Japan

Hidetaka Tsumura

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hyogo Cancer Center, Akashi, Hyogo, Japan

Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hyogo Cancer Center, Akashi, Hyogo, Japan

Ikuya Miki

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hyogo Cancer Center, Akashi, Hyogo, Japan

Masahiro Tsuda

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hyogo Cancer Center, Akashi, Hyogo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.