About the Authors
- Tie Zhou
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¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
- Shu-xiong Zeng
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¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
- Ding-wei Ye
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Shanghai Cancer Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, P.R. China
- Qiang Wei
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Affiliation Department of Urology, West China Hospital, West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University, Chengdu, P.R. China
- Xu Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Medical School of Chinese PLA, Beijing, P.R. China
- Yi-ran Huang
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Renji Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China
- Zhang-qun Ye
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology, Wuhan, P.R. China
- Yong Yang
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Beijing Cancer Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, P.R. China
- Wei Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Jiangsu Province Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, P.R. China
- Ye Tian
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, P.R. China
- Fang-jian Zhou
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Cancer Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, P.R. China
- Jin Jie
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, P.R. China
- Shi-ping Chen
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Fujian Union Hospital, Fuzhou, P.R. China
- Yan Sun
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, P.R. China
- Li-ping Xie
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Affiliation Department of Urology, the First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, P.R. China
- Xing Yao
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Tianjin Cancer Hospital, Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, P.R. China
- Yan-qun Na
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* E-mail: yinghao.sun@yahoo.com (YHS); nayanqun@cuan.com (YQN)
Affiliation Department of Urology, Shougang Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, P.R. China
- Ying-hao Sun
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* E-mail: yinghao.sun@yahoo.com (YHS); nayanqun@cuan.com (YQN)
Affiliation Department of Urology, Changhai Hospital, The Second Military Medical University, 168 Changhai Road, Shanghai 200433, P.R. China
Competing Interests
The investigators of this clinical trial received funding from Sanofi-Aventis for recruiting patients and conducting this clinical trial. The scientific results of the clinical trial were shared by all the co-authors and Sanofi-Aventis. However, the co-authors had no relevant connection to products in development or marketed products of Sanofi-Aventis. The co-authors have declared that no competing interests exist, and they have adhered to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TZ SXZ YHS YQN. Performed the experiments: TZ DWY QW XZ YH ZQY YY WZ YT FJZ JJ SPC YS LPX XY. Analyzed the data: TZ SXZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TZ SXZ. Wrote the paper: TZ SXZ YHS.