About the Authors

Chia-Yu Chen

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Shih-Hsin Liang

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

Affiliations Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, Dalin Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, Chia-Yi, Taiwan

Yung-Yeh Su

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

Affiliations National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Nai-Jung Chiang

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

Affiliations National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan

Hui-Ching Wang

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Chang-Fang Chiu

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, College of Medicine, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Cancer Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Li-Tzong Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Tzong Chen, Li-Yuan Bai

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

leochen@nhri.edu.tw (L-TC); lybai6@gmail.com (L-YB)

Affiliations National Institute of Cancer Research, National Health Research Institutes, Tainan, Taiwan, Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Li-Yuan Bai

Contributed equally to this work with: Li-Tzong Chen, Li-Yuan Bai

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Writing – original draft

leochen@nhri.edu.tw (L-TC); lybai6@gmail.com (L-YB)

Affiliations Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, College of Medicine, School of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors declare no conflict of interest.