About the Authors

Yuki Aisu

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Nobu Oshima

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

noshima@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan, Department of Surgery, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan

Fuminori Hyodo

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Gifu University Hospital, Gifu, Japan, Department of Radiology, Frontier Science for Imaging, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

Abdelazim Elsayed Elhelaly

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Frontier Science for Imaging, Gifu University, Gifu, Japan

Akihiko Masuo

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Tomoaki Okada

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Shigeo Hisamori

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Shigeru Tsunoda

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Koya Hida

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Tomonori Morimoto

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Hiroyuki Miyoshi

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Colon Cancer Project, Kyoto University Hospital-iACT, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Makoto M. Taketo

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Colon Cancer Project, Kyoto University Hospital-iACT, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Masayuki Matsuo

Roles Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Gifu University Hospital, Gifu, Japan

Leonard M. Neckers

Roles Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Cancer Institute, Urologic Oncology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Yoshiharu Sakai

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Kazutaka Obama

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.