About the Authors

Fumihiko Kinoshita

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

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Tetsuzo Tagawa

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

t_tagawa@surg2.med.kyushu-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Takanori Yamashita

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Medical Information Center, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Tomoyoshi Takenaka

Roles Formal analysis, Project administration, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Taichi Matsubara

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Oncology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan

Gouji Toyokawa

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Clinical Research Institute, National Hospital Organization, Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan

Kazuki Takada

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Taro Oba

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Atsushi Osoegawa

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Koji Yamazaki

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Clinical Research Institute, National Hospital Organization, Kyushu Medical Center, Fukuoka, Japan

Mitsuhiro Takenoyama

Roles Supervision

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Oncology, National Hospital Organization Kyushu Cancer Center, Fukuoka, Japan

Mototsugu Shimokawa

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan

Naoki Nakashima

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Medical Information Center, Kyushu University Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Masaki Mori

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.