About the Authors

Precious Takondwa Makondi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Software, Writing – original draft

Affiliations International PhD Program in Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Po-Li Wei

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Cancer Research Center and Translational Laboratory, Department of Medical Research, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chien-Yu Huang

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

cyh@tmu.edu.tw (CYH); r5424012@tmu.edu.tw (YJC)

Affiliations Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Yu-Jia Chang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

cyh@tmu.edu.tw (CYH); r5424012@tmu.edu.tw (YJC)

Affiliations International PhD Program in Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, Cancer Research Center and Translational Laboratory, Department of Medical Research, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.