About the Authors

Zongchang Song

Affiliation The Third Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China

Wenying Liu

Affiliation The Third Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China

Yu Xiao

Affiliation The Third Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China

Minghui Zhang

Affiliation The Third Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China

Yan Luo 1

Affiliation The Third Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China

Weiwei Yuan

Affiliation The Third Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China

Yu Xu

Affiliation The Third Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China

Guanzhen Yu

Affiliations Department of Medical Oncology, Shanghai East Hospital, Shanghai, 200120, China, Department of Medical Oncology, Changzheng Hospital, Shanghai, 200070, China

Yide Hu

huyideprr11@163.com

Affiliation The Third Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of The Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400037, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZS YH GY. Performed the experiments: ZS WL Y. Xiao MZ. Analyzed the data: YL WY Y. Xu. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZS. Wrote the paper: ZS GY YH. Obtained permission for use of tissue microarrays: ZS GY YH. Obtained for use of cell lines: ZS YH.