About the Authors
- Min-Shan Lu
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Contributed equally to this work with: Min-Shan Lu, Yu-Jing Fang
Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Yu-Jing Fang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Min-Shan Lu, Yu-Jing Fang
Affiliation Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Zhi-Zhong Pan
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Affiliation Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Collaborative Innovation Center for Cancer Medicine, Guangzhou, China
- Xiao Zhong
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Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Mei-Chun Zheng
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Affiliation Department of Colorectal Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, China
- Yu-Ming Chen
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* E-mail: zhangcx3@mail.sysu.edu.cn (CXZ); chenyum@mail.sysu.edu.cn (YMC)
Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
- Cai-Xia Zhang
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* E-mail: zhangcx3@mail.sysu.edu.cn (CXZ); chenyum@mail.sysu.edu.cn (YMC)
Affiliation Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MSL CXZ. Performed the experiments: MSL XZ. Analyzed the data: MSL CXZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YMC. Wrote the paper: MSL CXZ YMC. Responsible for connecting and coordinating the field work: YJF ZZP MCZ.