About the Authors

Po-Shen Ko

Affiliations Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yao-Chung Liu

Affiliations Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chiu-Mei Yeh

Affiliation Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Jyh-Pyng Gau

Affiliations Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yuan-Bin Yu

Affiliations Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Liang-Tsai Hsiao

Affiliations Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Cheng-Hwai Tzeng

Affiliations Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Po-Min Chen

Affiliations Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Tzeon-Jye Chiou

Affiliations School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Transfusion Medicine, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chia-Jen Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Chia-Jen Liu, Jin-Hwang Liu

chiajenliu@gmail.com (C-JL); jhliu@vghtpe.gov.tw (J-HL)

Affiliations Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Public Health, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Jin-Hwang Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Chia-Jen Liu, Jin-Hwang Liu

chiajenliu@gmail.com (C-JL); jhliu@vghtpe.gov.tw (J-HL)

Affiliations Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, Institute of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, Chong Hin Loon Memorial Cancer and Biotherapy Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: P-SK Y-CL C-JL. Data curation: Y-CL J-PG Y-BY L-TH C-JL. Formal analysis: C-MY P-SK C-JL. Investigation: P-SK Y-CL C-JL. Methodology: P-SK C-JL. Resources: Y-CL J-PG Y-BY L-TH C-HT P-MC T-JC J-HL C-JL. Supervision: Y-CH C-JL. Visualization: C-MY C-JL. Writing – original draft: P-SK C-MY C-JL. Writing – review & editing: J-HL C-JL.