About the Authors

Yu-Lin Lin

Affiliations Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Yi-Hsin Liang

Affiliations Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Hemato-Oncology, E-da Hospital, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan

Jia-Huei Tsai

Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Jau-Yu Liau

Affiliation Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Jin-Tung Liang

Affiliations Division of Colorectal Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Been-Ren Lin

Affiliations Division of Colorectal Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Ji-Shiang Hung

Affiliation Department of Medical Research, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Liang-In Lin

Affiliations Department of Laboratory Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Li-Hui Tseng

Affiliation Department of Medical Genetics, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yih-Leong Chang

Affiliations Department of Pathology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Pathology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Kun-Huei Yeh

khyeh@ntu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Oncology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Ann-Lii Cheng

Affiliations Department of Oncology, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, National Taiwan University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Oncology, National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YLL YHL KHY ALC. Performed the experiments: YLL YHL JHT JYL JTL BRL JSH LIL LHT YLC KHY ALC. Analyzed the data: YLL YHL KHY ALC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YLL YHL JHT JYL JTL BRL JSH LIL LHT YLC KHY ALC. Wrote the paper: YLL YHL JHT JYL JTL BRL JSH LIL LHT YLC KHY ALC.