About the Authors

Huei-Tzu Chien

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C

Sou-De Cheng

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C

Wen-Yu Chuang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C

Chun-Ta Liao

Affiliations Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C, Taipei CGMH Head and Neck Oncology Group, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C

Hung-Ming Wang

Affiliations Division of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C, Taipei CGMH Head and Neck Oncology Group, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C

Shiang-Fu Huang

shiangfu.huang@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Public Health, Chang Gung University, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C, Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Chang Gung Memorial, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C, Taipei CGMH Head and Neck Oncology Group, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, R.O.C

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: HTC SFH. Data curation: CTL HMW SFH. Formal analysis: HTC SFH. Funding acquisition: SDC SFH. Investigation: HTC SDC. Methodology: HTC SDC WYC. Project administration: SFH. Resources: CTL HMW SFH. Software: HTC. Supervision: SFH. Validation: WYC. Visualization: HTC SFH. Writing – original draft: HTC. Writing – review & editing: SFH.