About the Authors

Fu-Nan Cho

Contributed equally to this work with: Fu-Nan Cho, Tsung-Hsien Chang

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Tsung-Hsien Chang

Contributed equally to this work with: Fu-Nan Cho, Tsung-Hsien Chang

Affiliation Department of Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chih-Wen Shu

Affiliation Department of Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Ming-Chin Ko

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Shuen-Kuei Liao

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery and Center of Excellence for Cancer Research, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Kang-Hsi Wu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital and School of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University Hospitals, Taichung, Taiwan

Ming-Sun Yu

Affiliation Haematology-Oncology Section, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Shyh-Jer Lin

Affiliation Haematology-Oncology Section, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Ying-Chung Hong

Affiliation Haematology-Oncology Section, Department of Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chien-Hsun Chen

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chien-Hui Hung

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yu-Hsiang Chang

yhchang@vghks.gov.tw

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Faculty of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Nursing, Tajen University, Yanpu Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FNC THC MCK YHC. Performed the experiments: MCK CHC YHC. Analyzed the data: FNC THC CWS MCK SKL CHH YHC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KHW MSY SJL YCH. Wrote the paper: FNC THC CWS YHC.