Yang, Muh-Hwa
Chen, Tien-Hua
Wang, Hung-Ming
Hsieh, Jason Chia-Hsun
Huang, Huai-Cheng
Hsieh, Meng-Che
Yen, Chia-Jui
Wu, Shang-Yin
Hua, Chun-Hung
Lien, Ming-Yu
Chang, Yi-Fang
Wang, Hui-Ching
Chien, Chih-Yen
Huang, Tai-Lin
Lu, Hsueh-Ju
Lin, Jin-Ching
Wang, Chen-Chi
Liu, Yi-Chun
Chen, Jo-Pai
Lu, Wei-Chen
Yiu, Ching-Yi
Lin, Chien-Liang
Lou, Pei-Jen
Chu, Pen-Yuan
Article History
Received: 1 July 2023
Accepted: 24 May 2024
First Online: 5 October 2024
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of thirteen leading institutions and two branch hospitals in Taiwan, and performed in accordance with Declaration of Helsinki. Informed consent was waived by the IRB of all the thirteen institutions and two branch hospitals because of the retrospective nature of this study and the use of anonymized clinical data for all analyses. The thirteen institutions and two branch hospitals were Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, New Taipei City Municipal TuCheng Hospital, National Taiwan University Hospital, E-Da Cancer Hospital, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, China Medical University Hospital, MacKay Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital, Changhua Christian Hospital, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, National Taiwan University Hospital Yunlin Branch, Chi Mei Medical Center.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.