About the Authors
- Ching-Chieh Yang
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Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, National Sun Yat-Sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
- Po-Chun Chen
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Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Pingtung Christian Hospital, Pingtung, Taiwan
- Chia-Wen Hsu
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Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan
- Shih-Lun Chang
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Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan
- Ching-Chih Lee
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* E-mail: hematcd2@hotamil.com
Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan, Cancer Center, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chiayi, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualian, Taiwan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CCY PCC CCL. Performed the experiments: CCY PCC CWH SLC CCL. Analyzed the data: CCY CWH CCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CCY CWH SLC CCL. Wrote the paper: CCY PCC CCL.