About the Authors

Naohiro Wakisaka

wakisaka@med.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology, and Head & Neck Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Yasuhisa Hasegawa

Affiliation Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Seiichi Yoshimoto

Affiliation Department of Head and Neck Oncology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Kouki Miura

Affiliation Department of Head and Neck Oncology and Surgery, International University of Health and Welfare Mita Hospital, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Akihiro Shiotani

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan

Junkichi Yokoyama

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Juntendo University Faculty of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Masashi Sugasawa

Affiliation Department of Head and Neck Surgery and Otolaryngology, Saitama Medical University International Medical Center, Hidaka, Saitama, Japan

Makiko Moriyama-Kita

Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology, and Head & Neck Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Kazuhira Endo

Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology, and Head & Neck Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Tomokazu Yoshizaki

Affiliation Division of Otolaryngology, and Head & Neck Surgery, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NW YH TY. Performed the experiments: NW MM-K. Analyzed the data: NW YH TY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NW YH SY KM AS JY MS KE TY. Wrote the paper: NW YH TY.