About the Authors

Wan-Lun Hsu

Affiliation Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Ka-Po Tse

Affiliation Genome Medicine Core, Chang Gung Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan,Taiwan

Sharon Liang

Affiliations Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Food and Drug Administration, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Yin-Chu Chien

Affiliation Molecular and Genomic Epidemiology Research Center, China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Wen-Hui Su

Affiliations Molecular Epidemiology Core, Chang Gung Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Kelly J. Yu

Affiliations Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Yu-Juen Cheng

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Ngan-Ming Tsang

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Lin-Kou, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Mow-Ming Hsu

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, National Taiwan University Hospital and National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei, Taiwan

Kai-Ping Chang

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Lin-Kou, Taoyuan, Taiwan

I-How Chen

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Lin-Kou, Taoyuan, Taiwan

Tzu-I Chen

Affiliation Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan

Czau-Siung Yang

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Microbiology, College of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Alisa M. Goldstein

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Chien-Jen Chen

Affiliations Genomics Research Center, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, College of Public Health, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Yu-Sun Chang

ysc@mail.cgu.edu.tw

Affiliation Genome Medicine Core, Chang Gung Molecular Medicine Research Center, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan,Taiwan

Allan Hildesheim

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJC YSC AH. Performed the experiments: KPT. Analyzed the data: WLH TIC KY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WLH KY YCC KPT WHS. Wrote the paper: WLH KY. Acquisition of data: MMH IHC KPC NMT YJC CSY. Analysis and interpretation of data: WLH KPT SL YCC WHS KJY TIC CSY CJC YSC AH. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: AH YSC CJC AMG CSY IHC KPC MMH NMT YJC KY WHS YCC SL KPT.