About the Authors

Tong Liu

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Xian-Yu Zhang

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Xiao-Hui He

Affiliation Department of Medical Records, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Jing-Shu Geng

Affiliations Department of Pathology, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China, Department of Medical Genetics, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Yang Liu

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

De-Jia Kong

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Qing-Yu Shi

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Feng Liu

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Wei Wei

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Da Pang

pangda@ems.hrbmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TL DP XYZ. Performed the experiments: TL XHH YL WW. Analyzed the data: DJK QYS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JSG YL. Wrote the paper: TL DP FL.