Chen, Chien-Hung
Hu, Tsung-Hui
Wang, Jing-Houng
Lai, Hsueh-Chou
Hung, Chao-Hung
Lu, Sheng-Nan
Peng, Cheng-Yuan
Funding for this research was provided by:
Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (CMRPG8G1281)
Article History
Received: 25 July 2019
Accepted: 27 September 2019
First Online: 24 October 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: Cheng-Yuan Peng has served as an advisory committee member for AbbVie, BMS, Gilead, MSD, and Roche. The coauthors Chien-Hung Chen, Tsung-Hui Hu, Jing-Houng Wang, Hsueh-Chou Lai, Chao-Hung Hung, Sheng-Nan Lu have no conflicts of interest to declare.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki as revised in 2008. Informed consent was obtained from all patients. The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committees of Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and China Medical University Hospital.