About the Authors

Meng-Che Hsieh

Affiliation Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Ming-Tse Sung

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Po-Hui Chiang

Affiliation Department of Urology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Cheng-Hua Huang

Affiliation Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yeh Tang

Affiliation Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, E-Da Hospital, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Yu-Li Su

yolisu@mac.com

Affiliation Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YLS CHH. Performed the experiments: MTS YLS. Analyzed the data: PHC YT YLS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YLS. Wrote the paper: MCH YLS.