About the Authors

Chien-Hua Peng

Contributed equally to this work with: Chien-Hua Peng, Chun-Ta Liao

Affiliation Resource Center for Clinical Research, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Chun-Ta Liao

Contributed equally to this work with: Chien-Hua Peng, Chun-Ta Liao

Affiliations Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Head and Neck Oncology Group, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Shih-Chi Peng

Affiliation Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Yin-Ju Chen

Affiliation Department of Medical Biotechnology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Ann-Joy Cheng

Affiliation Department of Medical Biotechnology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Jyh-Lyh Juang

Affiliation Divisions of Molecular and Genomic Medicine, National Health Research Institutes, Miaoli, Taiwan, Republic of China

Chi-Ying Tsai

Affiliation Department of Oral Maxillofacial Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Tse-Ching Chen

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Yung-Jen Chuang

Affiliations Department of Medical Science, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China, Institute of Bioinformatics and Structural Biology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China

Chuan-Yi Tang

Affiliation Department of Computer Science and Information Engineering, Providence University, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China

Wen-Ping Hsieh

wphsieh@stat.nthu.edu.tw (W-PH); yen1110@adm.cgmh.org.tw (T-CY)

Affiliation Institute of Statistics, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan, Republic of China

Tzu-Chen Yen

wphsieh@stat.nthu.edu.tw (W-PH); yen1110@adm.cgmh.org.tw (T-CY)

Affiliations Head and Neck Oncology Group, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China, Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Center, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: W-PH T-CY. Performed the experiments: C-TL Y-JC A-JC J-LJ C-YT T-CC. Analyzed the data: C-HP S-CP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: C-TL A-JC C-YT T-CC S-CP C-HP. Wrote the paper: C-HP W-PH T-CY S-CP Y-JC C-TL. Interpreted the results: C-HP W-PH T-CY.