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"Conflict of interest Research grants from funding agencies: the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Grant funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Grant NRF-2016M3A9E8941664 to H.C. NRF-2016R1C1B2014671 to C.K.) and the Grant from the National R&D Program for Cancer Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare (Grant 1520190 to S.Y.R). Honoraria for speaking at symposia: no. Financial support for attending symposia: no. Financial support for educational programs: no. Employment or consultation: no. Support from a project sponsor: no. Position on advisory board or board of directors or other type of management relationships: no. Multiple affiliations: no. Financial relationships, for example equity ownership or investment interest: no. Intellectual property rights (e.g. patents, copyrights and royalties from such rights). Holdings of spouse and/or children that may have financial interest in the work: no."

"This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Grant funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Grant NRF-2016M3A9E8941664 to H.C. NRF-2016R1C1B2014671 to C.K.) and by a Grant from the National R&D Program for Cancer Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare (Grant 1520190 to S.Y.R). Ethical standardsAll procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and later versions. Informed consent to be included in the study, or the equivalent, was obtained from all patients.: Conflict of interestResearch grants from funding agencies: the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) Grant funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (Grant NRF-2016M3A9E8941664 to H.C. NRF-2016R1C1B2014671 to C.K.) and the Grant from the National R&D Program for Cancer Control, Ministry of Health and Welfare (Grant 1520190 to S.Y.R). Honoraria for speaking at symposia: no. Financial support for attending symposia: no. Financial support for educational programs: no. Employment or consultation: no. Support from a project sponsor: no. Position on advisory board or board of directors or other type of management relationships: no. Multiple affiliations: no. Financial relationships, for example equity ownership or investment interest: no. Intellectual property rights (e.g. patents, copyrights and royalties from such rights). Holdings of spouse and/or children that may have financial interest in the work: no."