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Data acquisition, provided administrative, technical, and material support: Su WC, Chang TK, Huang MY,
Huang CM, Wang JY

Availability of data and materials
The datasets used during the current study are available from the corresponding author on reasonable
request.

Financial support and sponsorship
This work was supported by grants through funding from the Ministry of Science and Technology
(MOST107-2321-B-037-003, MOST107-2314-B-037-116, MOST107-2314-B-037-022-MY2, MOST107-2314-B-
037-023-MY2) and the Ministry of Health and Welfare (MOHW106-TDU-B-212-113006, MOHW107-TDU-
B-212-123006, MOHW107-TDU-B-212-114026B funded by Health and welfare surcharge of tobacco prod-
ucts), and the Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital (KMUH106-6R32, KMUH106-6M28, KMUH106-
6M29, KMUH106-6M30, KMUH106-6M31, KMUHS10701, KMUHS10712), and the Kaohsiung Municipal
Ta-Tung Hospital (KMTTH104-023). In addition, this study was supported by the Grant of Biosignature
in Colorectal Cancers, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, R.O.C.; and Grant by the Kaohsiung Medical University
(KMU-S105011, KMU-PT10616).

Conflicts of interest
All authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval and consent to participate
This study was approved by hospital ethics committee of Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital. Consent
to participate was obtained.

Consent for publication
Not applicable.

Copyright
© The Author(s) 2018.

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