About the Authors

Ryota Tanaka

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan, Department of Medical Oncology, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America

Shimpei Eguchi

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Kenjiro Kimura

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

kenjiro@omu.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Go Ohira

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Shogo Tanaka

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Ryosuke Amano

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Hiroaki Tanaka

Roles Writing – review & editing

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

Masakazu Yashiro

Roles Writing – review & editing

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

Masaichi Ohira

Roles Writing – review & editing

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

Shoji Kubo

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.