About the Authors

Peng Gao

Contributed equally to this work with: Peng Gao, Xin Zhou

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China

Xin Zhou

Contributed equally to this work with: Peng Gao, Xin Zhou

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China

Zhen-ning Wang

josieon826@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China

Yong-xi Song

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China

Lin-lin Tong

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China

Ying-ying Xu

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China

Zhen-yu Yue

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China

Hui-mian Xu

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PG XZ ZNW. Performed the experiments: PG YXS LLT. Analyzed the data: PG SYX TLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XZ YYX ZYY HMX. Wrote the paper: PG XZ ZNW.