About the Authors

Takehiko Hanaki

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

hanaki-ttr@umin.ac.jp

Affiliations Division of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Tottori, Japan, Division of Medical Education, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Tottori, Japan

Yuji Shibata

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Hiroshi Sunada

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Advanced Medicine, Innovation, and Clinical Research Centre, Tottori University Hospital, Yonago, Tottori, Japan

Hisashi Noma

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Interdisciplinary Statistical Mathematics, The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Tachikawa, Tokyo, Japan

Masaru Ueki

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Medical Education, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Tottori, Japan

Yoshiyuki Fujiwara

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Division of Gastrointestinal and Pediatric Surgery, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago, Tottori, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.