About the Authors

Ying Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Ying Liu, Yi Ding

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, PR China

Yi Ding

Contributed equally to this work with: Ying Liu, Yi Ding

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, PR China

Jing Huang

Affiliations Department of Radiation Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, PR China, Department of Cancer Center of Affiliated Hospital, Guangdong Medical College, Zhanjiang, China

Shuang Wang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China

Wen Ni

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, PR China

Jian Guan

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, PR China

Qisheng Li

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, PR China

Yuqin Zhang

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, PR China

Yanqing Ding

Affiliation Department of Pathology, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China

Bin Chen

binchengzzyy@126.com (BC); chenlhsmu@126.com (LC)

Affiliation General Hospital of Guangzhou Military Command of PLA, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People’s Republic of China

Longhua Chen

binchengzzyy@126.com (BC); chenlhsmu@126.com (LC)

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, PR China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC BC. Performed the experiments: YL JH. Analyzed the data: YL Yi Ding SW Yaqing Ding. Wrote the paper: YL Yi Ding. Performed statistical analysis: YL YiD. Collected tissue samples and clinical data: WN JG QL YZ.