About the Authors
- Yoji Kukita
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Affiliation Research Institute, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
- Junji Uchida
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
- Shigeyuki Oba
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Affiliations Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan, PRESTO, JST, Uji, Kyoto, Japan
- Kazumi Nishino
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
- Toru Kumagai
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
- Kazuya Taniguchi
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Affiliation Research Institute, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
- Takako Okuyama
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
- Fumio Imamura
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic Oncology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
- Kikuya Kato
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* E-mail: katou-ki@mc.pref.osaka.jp
Affiliation Research Institute, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KK. Performed the experiments: YK KT. Analyzed the data: KK YK SO FI JU KN TO TK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YK FI JU KN TO TK KT. Wrote the manuscript: KK YK. Statistical analysis: KK. Certification and conceptual assistance of statistical analysis: SO.