About the Authors

Wei-Yu Lin

Affiliations Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan, Department of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Chang Gung University of Science and Technology, Chia-Yi, Taiwan, Department of Medicine and Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan

Karl-Erik Andersson

Affiliation Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Cheng-Li Lin

Affiliations Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chia-Hung Kao

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Nuclear Medicine and PET Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Bioinformatics and Medical Engineering, Asia University, Taichung, Taiwan

Hsi-Chin Wu

d4746@mail.bh.cmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Science and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Urology, China Medical University Beigang Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: W-YL K-EA C-LL C-HK H-CW. Data curation: W-YL K-EA C-LL C-HK H-CW. Formal analysis: W-YL K-EA C-LL C-HK H-CW. Investigation: W-YL K-EA C-LL C-HK H-CW. Methodology: W-YL K-EA C-LL C-HK H-CW. Project administration: W-YL H-CW. Resources: W-YL K-EA C-LL C-HK H-CW. Software: K-EA C-LL C-HK. Supervision: W-YL H-CW. Validation: W-YL K-EA C-LL C-HK. Visualization: W-YL C-LL C-HK H-CW. Writing – original draft: W-YL K-EA C-LL C-HK H-CW. Writing – review & editing: W-YL K-EA C-LL C-HK H-CW.