About the Authors

Lei Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Lei Liu, Zhiwei Wang

Affiliation Department of Surgery, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China

Zhiwei Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Lei Liu, Zhiwei Wang

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Songqi Jiang

Affiliation Department of Surgery, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China

Bingfeng Shao

Affiliation Department of Surgery, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China

Jibing Liu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China

Suqing Zhang

Affiliation Department of Surgery, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China

Yilong Zhou

Affiliation Department of Surgery, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China

Yuan Zhou

Affiliation Department of Surgery, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China

Yixin Zhang

Doczhangyx@126.com

Affiliation Department of Surgery, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LL Y. Zhang. Performed the experiments: LL ZW SJ BS. Analyzed the data: LL ZW Y. Zhang. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL SZ Yilong Zhou Yuan Zhou.