About the Authors

Zongtai Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Zongtai Li, Xiaofang Zou

Affiliations Department of Integrative Oncology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China, Cancer Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China

Xiaofang Zou

Contributed equally to this work with: Zongtai Li, Xiaofang Zou

Affiliations Department of Integrative Oncology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China, Cancer Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China

Liangxi Xie

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China

Hongmei Dong

Affiliation Cancer Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China

Yuping Chen

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China

Qing Liu

Affiliations Department of Integrative Oncology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China, Cancer Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China

Xiao Wu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China, Tumor Tissue Bank, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China

David Zhou

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Dongfeng Tan

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Hao Zhang

haozhang@stu.edu.cn

Affiliations Department of Integrative Oncology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China, Cancer Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China, Tumor Tissue Bank, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HZ. Performed the experiments: ZTL XFZ LXX HMD QL. Analyzed the data: ZTL XFZ XW HMD DFT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YPC DZ HZ. Wrote the paper: HZ ZTL.