About the Authors

Ai-Lin Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Ai-Lin Li, Yong-Xi Song

Affiliations Department of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China, Department of Radiotherapy, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China

Yong-Xi Song

Contributed equally to this work with: Ai-Lin Li, Yong-Xi Song

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China

Zhen-Ning Wang

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Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China

Peng Gao

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China

Yuan Miao

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China

Jin-Liang Zhu

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China

Zhen-Yu Yue

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China

Hui-Mian Xu

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: A-LL Y-XS Z-NW. Performed the experiments: A-LL Y-XS. Analyzed the data: A-LL PG Z-YY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YM J-LZ Z-NW H-MX. Wrote the paper: A-LL.