About the Authors

Yan Liu

Affiliation Department of Oncology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning, Shenyang, China

Lin Li

Affiliation Department of Oncology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning, Shenyang, China

Haiyan Qi

Affiliation Department of Oncology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning, Shenyang, China

Yan Gao

Affiliation Department of Oncology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning, Shenyang, China

Sha Liu

Affiliation Department of Oncology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning, Shenyang, China

Chongan Xu

med_xca@126.com

Affiliation Department of Oncology, The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University, Liaoning, Shenyang, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CAX. Performed the experiments: YL LL. Analyzed the data: HYQ YG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL SL. Wrote the paper: YL.