About the Authors

Sze Chuen Cesar Wong

Contributed equally to this work with: Sze Chuen Cesar Wong, Catherine Wan He

∗ E-mail: cesar.wong@polyu.edu.hk

Affiliations Department of Health Technology and Informatics, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China, State Key Laboratory in Oncology in South China, Sir Y K Pao Centre for Cancer, Department of Clinical Oncology, Hong Kong Cancer Institute and Prince of Wales Hospital, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Catherine Wan He

Contributed equally to this work with: Sze Chuen Cesar Wong, Catherine Wan He

Affiliation State Key Laboratory in Oncology in South China, Sir Y K Pao Centre for Cancer, Department of Clinical Oncology, Hong Kong Cancer Institute and Prince of Wales Hospital, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Charles Ming Lok Chan

Affiliation State Key Laboratory in Oncology in South China, Sir Y K Pao Centre for Cancer, Department of Clinical Oncology, Hong Kong Cancer Institute and Prince of Wales Hospital, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Amanda Kit Ching Chan

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Heong Ting Wong

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kiang Wu Hospital, Macau Special Administrative Region, China

Moon Tong Cheung

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Lewis Lai Yin Luk

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Thomas Chi Chuen Au

Affiliation State Key Laboratory in Oncology in South China, Sir Y K Pao Centre for Cancer, Department of Clinical Oncology, Hong Kong Cancer Institute and Prince of Wales Hospital, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Man Kin Chiu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Brigette Buig Yue Ma

Affiliation State Key Laboratory in Oncology in South China, Sir Y K Pao Centre for Cancer, Department of Clinical Oncology, Hong Kong Cancer Institute and Prince of Wales Hospital, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Anthony Tak Cheung Chan

Affiliation State Key Laboratory in Oncology in South China, Sir Y K Pao Centre for Cancer, Department of Clinical Oncology, Hong Kong Cancer Institute and Prince of Wales Hospital, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SCCW CMLC BBYM ATCC. Performed the experiments: CWH AKCC HTW TCCA MKC. Analyzed the data: SCCW MTC LLYL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SCCW AKCC HTW MTC LLYL. Wrote the manuscript: SCCW CWH.