About the Authors

Lou qian Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Lou qian Zhang, Jian nong Zhou

zhanglouqian@126.com (LqZ); wangjunjs@yeah.net (JW)

Affiliations Colorectal and Anal Surgery Center, The Affiliated Jiangsu Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Department of Chemotherapy, Jiangsu Geriatric Institute, Jiangsu Official Hospital, Nanjing, China

Jian nong Zhou

Contributed equally to this work with: Lou qian Zhang, Jian nong Zhou

Affiliation Colorectal and Anal Surgery Center, The Affiliated Jiangsu Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Jun Wang

zhanglouqian@126.com (LqZ); wangjunjs@yeah.net (JW)

Affiliation Department of Chemotherapy, Jiangsu Geriatric Institute, Jiangsu Official Hospital, Nanjing, China

Guo dong Liang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Jiangsu Geriatric Institute, Jiangsu Official Hospital, Nanjing, China

Jing ying Li

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Yi dan Zhu

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Jiangsu Geriatric Institute, Jiangsu Official Hospital, Nanjing, China

Yun tao Su

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JW LqZ. Performed the experiments: JW LqZ JnZ. Analyzed the data: LqZ YdZ JyL YtS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LqZ YdZ YtS. Wrote the paper: LqZ GdL JnZ.