About the Authors

Huey-En Tzeng

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Cheng-Li Lin

Affiliations Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chun-Hao Tsai

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Orthopaedics, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Chih-Hsin Tang

cjchung@mail.cmu.edu.tw (CJC); chtang@mail.cmu.edu.tw (CHT)

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, China Medical University and Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Wen-Li Hwang

Affiliation Division of Hematology/Oncology, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Ya-Wen Cheng

Affiliation The Institute for Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China

Fung-Chang Sung

Affiliations Management Office for Health Data, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Public Health, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Chi-Jung Chung

cjchung@mail.cmu.edu.tw (CJC); chtang@mail.cmu.edu.tw (CHT)

Affiliations Department of Health Risk Management, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CCJ. Performed the experiments: CLL. Analyzed the data: LCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TCH. Wrote the paper: TCH SFC. Contribution type: HWL TCH.