About the Authors

Wei-xian Chen

Affiliations The Fourth Clinical School of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Department of General Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Xue-min Liu

Affiliations The Fourth Clinical School of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Department of General Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Meng-meng Lv

Affiliations The Fourth Clinical School of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Department of General Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Lin Chen

Affiliations Department of General Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Graduate School, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China

Jian-hua Zhao

Affiliation Center of Clinical Laboratory, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Shan-liang Zhong

Affiliation Center of Clinical Laboratory, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Ming-hua Ji

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Qing Hu

Affiliations Department of General Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Graduate School, Xuzhou Medical College, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China

Zhou Luo

Affiliations The Fourth Clinical School of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China, Department of General Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Jian-zhong Wu

Affiliation Center of Clinical Oncology, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Jin-hai Tang

jhtangnj@126.com

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WXC XML JHZ JHT. Performed the experiments: SLZ MML LC MHJ. Analyzed the data: WXC XML SLZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QH ZL JZW. Wrote the paper: WXC.