About the Authors

Hongmei Dong

Contributed equally to this work with: Hongmei Dong, Hong Guo

Affiliations Department of Integrative Oncology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China, Cancer Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China

Hong Guo

Contributed equally to this work with: Hongmei Dong, Hong Guo

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China

Liangxi Xie

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China

Geng Wang

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China

Xueyun Zhong

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Jinan University Medical College, Guangzhou, China

Thaer Khoury

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Dongfeng Tan

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Hao Zhang

haozhang@stu.edu.cn

Affiliations Department of Integrative Oncology, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China, Tumor Tissue Bank, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China, Cancer Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HZ. Performed the experiments: HG HD LX. Analyzed the data: HG HD XZ TK DT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GW TK DT. Wrote the paper: HZ HD DT.