About the Authors

Yuan-Tzu Lan

Affiliations Division of Colon & Rectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Kuo-Hung Huang

Affiliations Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University

Chien-An Liu

Affiliations Department of Radiology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Ling-Chen Tai

Affiliation Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Ming-Huang Chen

Affiliations Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yee Chao

Affiliations Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Anna Fen-Yau Li

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Shih-Hwa Chiou

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Department of Medical Research and Education, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei City, Taiwan, Institute of Pharmacology, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei City, Taiwan

Yi-Ming Shyr

Affiliations Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chew-Wun Wu

Affiliations Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Wen-Liang Fang

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Affiliations Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YTL KHH CAL WLF MHC YC AFYL SHC CWW YMS. Performed the experiments: LCT YTL KHH WLF. Analyzed the data: LCT YTL KHH WLF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LCT YTL KHH WLF. Wrote the paper: YTL KHH WLF.