About the Authors

Chris K. Sun

Contributed equally to this work with: Chris K. Sun, Kevin T. Ng

Affiliation Department of Surgery, LKS Faculty of Medicine, Centre for Cancer Research, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China

Kevin T. Ng

Contributed equally to this work with: Chris K. Sun, Kevin T. Ng

Affiliation Department of Surgery, LKS Faculty of Medicine, Centre for Cancer Research, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China

Zophia X. Lim

Affiliation Department of Surgery, LKS Faculty of Medicine, Centre for Cancer Research, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China

Qiao Cheng

Affiliation Department of Surgery, LKS Faculty of Medicine, Centre for Cancer Research, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China

Chung Mau Lo

Affiliation Department of Surgery, LKS Faculty of Medicine, Centre for Cancer Research, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China

Ronnie T. Poon

Affiliation Department of Surgery, LKS Faculty of Medicine, Centre for Cancer Research, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China

Kwan Man

kwanman@hku.hk

Affiliation Department of Surgery, LKS Faculty of Medicine, Centre for Cancer Research, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China

Nathalie Wong

Affiliation Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong

Sheung Tat Fan

Affiliation Department of Surgery, LKS Faculty of Medicine, Centre for Cancer Research, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CKS KTN KM. Performed the experiments: CKS KTN ZXL QC. Analyzed the data: CKS KTN KM NW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RTP CML STF. Wrote the paper: CKS KTN.