About the Authors

Tung-Cheng Chang

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Po-Li Wei

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Colorectal Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Cancer Research Center and Translational Laboratory, Department of Medical Research, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Graduate Institute of Cancer Biology and Drug Discovery, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Precious Takondwa Makondi

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, International PhD Program in Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Wei-Ting Chen

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Chien-Yu Huang

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – original draft

cyh@tmu.edu.tw(CH);r5424012@tmu.edu.tw(YC)

Affiliations Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan

Yu-Jia Chang

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Software, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

cyh@tmu.edu.tw(CH);r5424012@tmu.edu.tw(YC)

Affiliations Graduate Institute of Clinical Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Cancer Research Center and Translational Laboratory, Department of Medical Research, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, International PhD Program in Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.