About the Authors

Gaik Theng Toh

Contributed equally to this work with: Gaik Theng Toh, Peter Kang, Sharlene S. W. Lee, Daphne Shin-Chi Lee, Sheau Yee Lee

Affiliation Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF), Outpatient Centre, Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Selangor, Malaysia

Peter Kang

Contributed equally to this work with: Gaik Theng Toh, Peter Kang, Sharlene S. W. Lee, Daphne Shin-Chi Lee, Sheau Yee Lee

Affiliation Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF), Outpatient Centre, Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Selangor, Malaysia

Sharlene S. W. Lee

Contributed equally to this work with: Gaik Theng Toh, Peter Kang, Sharlene S. W. Lee, Daphne Shin-Chi Lee, Sheau Yee Lee

Affiliation Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF), Outpatient Centre, Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Selangor, Malaysia

Daphne Shin-Chi Lee

Contributed equally to this work with: Gaik Theng Toh, Peter Kang, Sharlene S. W. Lee, Daphne Shin-Chi Lee, Sheau Yee Lee

Affiliation Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF), Outpatient Centre, Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Selangor, Malaysia

Sheau Yee Lee

Contributed equally to this work with: Gaik Theng Toh, Peter Kang, Sharlene S. W. Lee, Daphne Shin-Chi Lee, Sheau Yee Lee

Affiliation Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF), Outpatient Centre, Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Selangor, Malaysia

Suhaida Selamat

Affiliation Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF), Outpatient Centre, Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Selangor, Malaysia

Nur Aishah Mohd Taib

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Sook-Yee Yoon

Affiliation Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF), Outpatient Centre, Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Selangor, Malaysia

Cheng Har Yip

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Soo-Hwang Teo

soohwang.teo@carif.com.my

Affiliation Cancer Research Initiatives Foundation (CARIF), Outpatient Centre, Subang Jaya Medical Centre, Selangor, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ST GT. Performed the experiments: GT PK DL SL SS. Analyzed the data: SL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NM SY CY. Wrote the paper: ST SL.