About the Authors

Liu Huang

Contributed equally to this work with: Liu Huang, Tao Zhang, Conghua Xie

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China

Tao Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Liu Huang, Tao Zhang, Conghua Xie

Affiliation Cancer Center of Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China

Conghua Xie

Contributed equally to this work with: Liu Huang, Tao Zhang, Conghua Xie

Affiliation Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, P. R. China

Xin Liao

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China

Qianqian Yu

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China

Jueping Feng

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Wuhan Pu-Ai Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China

Hong Ma

Affiliation Cancer Center of Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China

Jing Dai

Affiliation Department of Radiation and Medical Oncology, Zhongnan Hospital, Wuhan University, Wuhan, P. R. China

Min Li

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Wuhan Pu-Ai Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China

Jigui Chen

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Wuhan 8th Hospital, Wuhan, P.R. China

Aihua Zang

Affiliation Hubei Cancer Hospital, Wuhan, P. R. China

Qian Wang

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Wuhan 8th Hospital, Wuhan, P.R. China

Shuwang Ge

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China

Kai Qin

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China

Juan Cai

Affiliations Department of Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China, Department of Oncology, Yijishan Hospital, Wannan Medical College, Wuhu, P. R. China

Xianglin Yuan

yxl@medmail.com.cn

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LH XY TZ CX JF J. Chen AZ HM. Performed the experiments: J. Cai XL QY JD ML. Analyzed the data: XY LH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG TZ CX JF J. Chen AZ QW KQ ML. Wrote the manuscript: LH. No.