About the Authors
- Akiko Yusa
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Affiliations Aichi Science and Technology Foundation, Knowledge Hub Aichi, Priority Research Projects, Japan, Department of Micro-Nano Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan, Division of Oncological Pathology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan
- Makoto Toneri
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Affiliations Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Central Hospital, Japan, Division of Oncological Pathology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan
- Taisuke Masuda
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Affiliation Department of Micro-Nano Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan
- Seiji Ito
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Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Aichi Cancer Center Central Hospital, Japan
- Shuhei Yamamoto
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Affiliation Department of Biotechnogloy, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan
- Mina Okochi
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Affiliation Department of Biotechnogloy, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan
- Naoto Kondo
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Affiliation Department of Breast Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Central Hospital, Japan
- Hiroji Iwata
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Affiliation Department of Breast Oncology, Aichi Cancer Center Central Hospital, Japan
- Yasushi Yatabe
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics, Aichi Cancer Center Central Hospital, Japan
- Yoshiyuki Ichinosawa
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Affiliation Optnics Precision Co., Ltd., Japan
- Seichin Kinuta
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Affiliation Optnics Precision Co., Ltd., Japan
- Eisaku Kondo
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Affiliation Division of Oncological Pathology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan
- Hiroyuki Honda
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Affiliation Department of Biotechnogloy, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan
- Fumihito Arai
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Affiliation Department of Micro-Nano Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan
- Hayao Nakanishi
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* E-mail: hnakanis@aichi-cc.jp
Affiliation Division of Oncological Pathology, Aichi Cancer Center Research Institute, Japan
Competing Interests
Yoshiyuki Ichinosawa and Seichin Kinuta are employed by Optnics Precision Co., Ltd. These coauthors collaborated with us and contributed importantly to the 3D Pd filter production and characterization. A. Yusa, H. Nakanishi, S. Ito, Y. Ichinosawa, S. Kinuta, M. Okochi and H. Honda have applied for a patent related to the 3D Pd filter CTC isolation system: Invention Name: Circulating tumor cells and other rare cell isolation device, patent application number: JP 2013-153717. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AY HN SI. Performed the experiments: AY MT HN. Analyzed the data: TM SY MO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YI SK NK HI YY. Wrote the paper: AY HN HH EK FA.