About the Authors

Hiroaki Harada

haradah@kure-nh.go.jp

Affiliations Department of Respiratory Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, Japan, Institute for Clinical Research, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, Japan, Department of Surgical Oncology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Yoshinori Yamashita

Affiliations Department of Respiratory Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, Japan, Institute for Clinical Research, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, Japan

Keizo Misumi

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Norifumi Tsubokawa

Affiliation Department of Respiratory Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, Japan

Junichi Nakao

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, Japan

Junko Matsutani

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, Japan

Miyako Yamasaki

Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, Japan

Tomomi Ohkawachi

Affiliation Department of Nutrition, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, Japan

Kiyomi Taniyama

Affiliation Institute for Clinical Research, National Hospital Organization Kure Medical Center and Chugoku Cancer Center, Kure, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HH YY KM KT. Performed the experiments: HH KM NT JN JM MY TO. Analyzed the data: HH YY NT. Wrote the paper: HH YY.