About the Authors

Atsushi Sugimoto

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

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Molecular Oncology and Therapeutics, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Cancer Center for Translational Research, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Tomohisa Okuno

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Molecular Oncology and Therapeutics, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Cancer Center for Translational Research, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Gen Tsujio

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Molecular Oncology and Therapeutics, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Cancer Center for Translational Research, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Tomohiro Sera

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Molecular Oncology and Therapeutics, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Cancer Center for Translational Research, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Yurie Yamamoto

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Molecular Oncology and Therapeutics, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Cancer Center for Translational Research, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Koji Maruo

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Molecular Oncology and Therapeutics, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Cancer Center for Translational Research, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Shuhei Kushiyama

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Molecular Oncology and Therapeutics, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Cancer Center for Translational Research, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Sadaaki Nishimura

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Molecular Oncology and Therapeutics, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Cancer Center for Translational Research, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Kenji Kuroda

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Molecular Oncology and Therapeutics, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Cancer Center for Translational Research, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Shingo Togano

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Molecular Oncology and Therapeutics, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Cancer Center for Translational Research, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Yuichiro Miki

Roles Resources

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Molecular Oncology and Therapeutics, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Cancer Center for Translational Research, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Mami Yoshii

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Tatsuro Tamura

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Takahiro Toyokawa

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Hiroaki Tanaka

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Kazuya Muguruma

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Masaichi Ohira

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Masakazu Yashiro

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

m9312510@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Molecular Oncology and Therapeutics, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Cancer Center for Translational Research, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.