Contributors
Chi-Hung Liu: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review
& editing
Joseph Tung-Chieh Chang: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: InvestigationRole:
MethodologyRole: Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Tsong-Hai Lee: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: MethodologyRole: Writing – review
& editing
Pi-Yueh Chang: Role: Data curationRole: Methodology
Chien-Hung Chang: Role: Data curationRole: Supervision
Hsiu-Chuan Wu: Role: InvestigationRole: Methodology
Ting-Yu Chang: Role: Data curationRole: Methodology
Kuo-Lun Huang: Role: Data curationRole: Investigation
Chien-Yu Lin: Role: Data curationRole: Methodology
Kang-Hsing Fan: Role: Data curationRole: Resources
Chan-Lin Chu: Role: Data curation
Yeu-Jhy Chang: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Data curationRole: Formal analysisRole: Funding acquisitionRole:
InvestigationRole: MethodologyRole: Project administrationRole: Writing – review &
editing
Paula Boaventura: Role: Editor
Journal
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS One
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
12
February
2021
Publication date Collection: 2021
Volume: 16
Issue: 2
Electronic Location Identifier: e0246684
Affiliations
[1
]
Stroke Center and Department of Neurology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical
Center and College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
[2
]
Department of Radiation Oncology, Proton and Radiation Therapy Center, Chang Gung
Medical Foundation, Linkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan
[3
]
Taipei Chang Gung Head & Neck Oncology Group, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital Linkou
Medical Center, Taoyuan, Taiwan
[4
]
Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan, Taiwan
[5
]
Department of Laboratory Medicine, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Medical Center,
Taoyuan, Taiwan
[6
]
Department of Medical Biotechnology and Laboratory Science, Chang Gung University,
Taoyuan, Taiwan
[7
]
Particle Physics and Beam Delivery Core Laboratory of Institute for Radiological Research,
Chang Gung University/Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou, Taoyuan, Taiwan
[8
]
Chang Gung Medical Education Research Centre, Taoyuan, Taiwan
Author notes
Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
‡ These authors contributed equally and are co-first authors.
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-20-34151
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0246684
PMC ID: 7880459
PubMed ID: 33577590
SO-VID: 9d55f021-0cd3-4af5-a105-33823773d7d8
Copyright © © 2021 Liu et al
License:
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original author and source are credited.
History
Date
received
: 30
October
2020
Date
accepted
: 22
January
2021
Page count
Figures: 4,
Tables: 2,
Pages: 12
Funding
Funded by: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Award ID: CMRPG381503, CMRPG3C0763, CMRPG3G0261, and BMRPF99
Award Recipient
:
Chi-Hung Liu
Funded by: funder-id http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100007225, Ministry of Science and Technology;
Award ID: 106-2511-S-182A-002-MY2, 108-2314-B-182A-050-MY3, NMRPG3G6411-2, and NMRPG3J6131-3
Award Recipient
:
Chi-Hung Liu
Funding was provided by Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (grant number: CMRPG381503, CMRPG3C0763,
CMRPG3G0261, BMRPF99) and the Ministry of Science and Technology (grant numbers: 106-2511-S-182A-002
-MY2, 108-2314-B-182A-050-MY3, NMRPG3G6411-2, and NMRPG3J6131-3).
Categories
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Clinical Medicine
Subject:
Signs and Symptoms
Subject:
Stenosis
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Cardiovascular Anatomy
Subject:
Blood Vessels
Subject:
Arteries
Subject:
Carotid Arteries
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Cardiovascular Anatomy
Subject:
Blood Vessels
Subject:
Arteries
Subject:
Carotid Arteries
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Vascular Medicine
Subject:
Atherosclerosis
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Oncology
Subject:
Cancer Treatment
Subject:
Radiation Therapy
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Clinical Medicine
Subject:
Clinical Oncology
Subject:
Radiation Therapy
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Oncology
Subject:
Clinical Oncology
Subject:
Radiation Therapy
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Oncology
Subject:
Cancers and Neoplasms
Subject:
Carcinoma
Subject:
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Pharmaceutics
Subject:
Drug Therapy
Subject:
Antiplatelet Therapy
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Oncology
Subject:
Cancers and Neoplasms
Subject:
Head and Neck Cancers
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Epidemiology
Subject:
Medical Risk Factors
Subject:
Cancer Risk Factors
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Oncology
Subject:
Cancer Risk Factors
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