About the Authors

Jing Jiang

Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China

Mei-Shan Jin

Affiliation Division of Pathology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China

Fei Kong

Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China

Donghui Cao

Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China

Hong-Xi Ma

Affiliation Division of Pathology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China

Zhifang Jia

Affiliation Division of Clinical Epidemiology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China

Yin-Ping Wang

Affiliation Division of Pathology, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China

Jian Suo

Affiliation Department of Gastric and Colorectal Surgery, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China

Xueyuan Cao

ccmzc32jdyycao@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliation Department of Gastric and Colorectal Surgery, First Hospital of Jilin University, Changchun, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJ XC. Performed the experiments: JJ MSJ FK DC HXM XC YPW ZJ. Analyzed the data: JJ ZJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MSJ FK DC YPW JS. Wrote the paper: JJ XC.