About the Authors

Kenji Ikezawa

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

ikezawa-ke@oici.jp

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

Sachiko Tanaka

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

Junko Fukuda

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

Miho Nakao

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

Yoko Nakano

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

Mayumi Chagi

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

Hiromi Yamanaka

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

Kazuyoshi Ohkawa

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Oncology, Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.