About the Authors

Chisato Hamashima

chamashi@ncc.go.jp

Affiliation Cancer Screening Assessment and Management Division, Research Center for Cancer Prevention and Screening, National Cancer Center, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuei Ogoshi

Affiliation Niigata Cancer Center Hospital, Niigata, Japan

Mikizo Okamoto

Affiliation Division of Health Administration and Promotion, Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Tottori, Japan

Michiko Shabana

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, San-in Rosai Hospital, Yonago, Tottori, Japan

Takuji Kishimoto

Affiliation Division of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Department of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University, Yonago, Tottori, Japan

Akira Fukao

Affiliation Departments of Public Health, School of Medicine, Yamagata University, Yamagata, Yamagata, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CH TK AF. Performed the experiments: KO MO MS. Analyzed the data: CH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CH MO. Wrote the paper: CH TK AF.