About the Authors

Ji-An Liang

Contributed equally to this work with: Ji-An Liang, Li-Min Sun

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Clinical Medicine Science and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Li-Min Sun

Contributed equally to this work with: Ji-An Liang, Li-Min Sun

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Zuoying Armed Forces General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Kuan-Pin Su

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine Science and School of Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of General Psychiatry & Mind-Body Interface Laboratory, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Shih-Ni Chang

Affiliations Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Environmental Health, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, The Ph.D. Program for Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Fung-Chang Sung

Affiliations Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Environmental Health, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chih-Hsin Muo

A17776@mail.cmuh.org (CM); d10040@mail.cmuh.org.tw (CK)

Affiliations Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Environmental Health, College of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chia-Hung Kao

A17776@mail.cmuh.org (CM); d10040@mail.cmuh.org.tw (CK)

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine 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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL LS KS CK. Performed the experiments: JL LS KS CK. Analyzed the data: CM FS SC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CM FS SC. Wrote the paper: JL LS SC CK. Read and approved the final manuscript: JL LS KS SC FS CM CK.