About the Authors

Wen-Feng Gong

Contributed equally to this work with: Wen-Feng Gong, Jian-Hong Zhong

Affiliation Surgical Oncology Department, Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, P. R. China

Jian-Hong Zhong

Contributed equally to this work with: Wen-Feng Gong, Jian-Hong Zhong

Affiliation Surgical Oncology Department, Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, P. R. China

Bang-De Xiang

Affiliation Surgical Oncology Department, Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, P. R. China

Liang Ma

Affiliation Surgical Oncology Department, Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, P. R. China

Xue-Mei You

Affiliation Surgical Oncology Department, Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, P. R. China

Qiu-Ming Zhang

Affiliation Ward Senior Department, Tenth Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Qinzhou, P. R. China

Le-Qun Li

xitongpingjia@163.com

Affiliation Surgical Oncology Department, Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: W-FG J-HZ L-QL. Performed the experiments: W-FG J-HZ X-MY. Analyzed the data: W-FG J-HZ Q-MZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: W-FG X-MY. Wrote the paper: W-FG J-HZ LM X-MY B-DX Q-MZ.