aDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

bDepartment of Neurosurgery, China Medical University Hospital, Taipei Branch, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

cDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

dSchool of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

eDepartment of Surgery, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

fDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Shuang Ho Hospital, Taipei Medical University, New Taipei City, Taiwan, ROC

gDivision of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

hTMU Research Center of Cancer Translational Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

iGastric Cancer Medical Center, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

jCenter of Immuno-Oncology, Department of Oncology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

kNational Yang Ming Chiao Tung University Hospital, Yilan, Taiwan, ROC

lDepartment of Pathology, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC

Received December 26, 2022; accepted December 30, 2022.

Author contributions: Dr Meng-Chao Chen and Dr Hsuan-Yu Su contributed equally to the article.

Conflicts of interest: Dr Yee Chao, an editorial board member at Journal of the Chinese Medical Association, had no role in the peer review process of or decision to publish this article. The other authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest related to the subject matter or materials discussed in this article.

*Address Correspondence. Dr. Kuo-Hung Huang, Division of General Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, 201, Section 2, Shi-Pai Road, Taipei 112, Taiwan, ROC. E-mail address: [email protected] (K.-H. Huang).

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