About the Authors

Toshiaki Akahane

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan, Center for Human Genome and Gene Analysis, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan

Tomomi Yamaguchi

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Laboratory of Cancer Medical Science, Hokuto Hospital, Obihiro, Japan

Yasutaka Kato

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Laboratory of Cancer Medical Science, Hokuto Hospital, Obihiro, Japan

Seiya Yokoyama

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Resources, Software

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Taiji Hamada

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Yukari Nishida

Roles Methodology, Visualization

Affiliation Department Surgical Pathology, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan

Michiyo Higashi

Roles Resources

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan, Department Surgical Pathology, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan

Hiroshi Nishihara

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision

Affiliations Department of Biology and Genetics, Laboratory of Cancer Medical Science, Hokuto Hospital, Obihiro, Japan, Keio Cancer Center, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Shinsuke Suzuki

Roles Data curation, Supervision

Affiliations Department of Clinical Cancer Research, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 890–8544 Kagoshima, Japan, Kagoshima University Hospital Cancer Center, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan

Shinichi Ueno

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision

Affiliations Department of Clinical Cancer Research, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, 890–8544 Kagoshima, Japan, Kagoshima University Hospital Cancer Center, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan

Akihide Tanimoto

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

akit09@m3.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan, Center for Human Genome and Gene Analysis, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan, Department Surgical Pathology, Kagoshima University Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.