About the Authors

Dong Shen

Affiliation Department of Oncology, the Affiliated Jiangyin Hospital of Southeast University Medical College, Jiangyin, P.R. China

Tao Liu

Affiliation Department of Oncology, the Affiliated Jiangyin Hospital of Southeast University Medical College, Jiangyin, P.R. China

Qingfen Lin

Affiliation Department of Oncology, the Affiliated Jiangyin Hospital of Southeast University Medical College, Jiangyin, P.R. China

Xiangdong Lu

Affiliation Department of Oncology, the Affiliated Jiangyin Hospital of Southeast University Medical College, Jiangyin, P.R. China

Qiong Wang

Affiliation Department of Oncology, the Affiliated Jiangyin Hospital of Southeast University Medical College, Jiangyin, P.R. China

Feng Lin

Affiliation Department of Oncology, the Affiliated Jiangyin Hospital of Southeast University Medical College, Jiangyin, P.R. China

Weidong Mao

wdmao_jy@163.com

Affiliation Department of Oncology, the Affiliated Jiangyin Hospital of Southeast University Medical College, Jiangyin, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS WDM. Performed the experiments: DS TL QFL XDL QW FL. Analyzed the data: DS TL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QW FL. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: DS TL WDM.