About the Authors

Xiu Juan Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiu Juan Li, Zhao Jun Ren

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou, People's Republic of China

Zhao Jun Ren

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiu Juan Li, Zhao Jun Ren

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou, People's Republic of China

Jian Wei Qin

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Nanjing, People's Republic of China

Jian Hua Zhao

jhzhao2838@sina.com (JHZ); lxj221356@yahoo.cn (JHT)

Affiliation Clinical Laboratory Center, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Nanjing, People's Republic of China

Jin Hai Tang

jhzhao2838@sina.com (JHZ); lxj221356@yahoo.cn (JHT)

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Nanjing, People's Republic of China

Ming Hua Ji

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Nanjing, People's Republic of China

Jian Zhong Wu

Affiliation Oncology of Central Laboratory, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Nanjing, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHT XJL. Performed the experiments: XJL ZJR. Analyzed the data: JHZ JHT XJL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JWQ JZW MHJ. Wrote the paper: XJL.