About the Authors

Zhi-Qiang Ling

lingzq@hotmail.com

Affiliation Zhejiang Cancer Research Institute, Zhejiang Province Cancer Hospital, Zhejiang Cancer Center, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Ping Lv

Affiliation Zhejiang Cancer Research Institute, Zhejiang Province Cancer Hospital, Zhejiang Cancer Center, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Xiao-Xiao Lu

Affiliation Zhejiang Cancer Research Institute, Zhejiang Province Cancer Hospital, Zhejiang Cancer Center, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Jiang-Liu Yu

Affiliation Zhejiang Cancer Research Institute, Zhejiang Province Cancer Hospital, Zhejiang Cancer Center, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Jing Han

Affiliation Zhejiang Cancer Research Institute, Zhejiang Province Cancer Hospital, Zhejiang Cancer Center, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Li-Sha Ying

Affiliation Zhejiang Cancer Research Institute, Zhejiang Province Cancer Hospital, Zhejiang Cancer Center, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Xin Zhu

Affiliation Zhejiang Cancer Research Institute, Zhejiang Province Cancer Hospital, Zhejiang Cancer Center, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Wang-Yu Zhu

Affiliation Zhejiang Cancer Research Institute, Zhejiang Province Cancer Hospital, Zhejiang Cancer Center, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Xian-Hua Fang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Zhejiang Province Cancer Hospital, Zhejiang Cancer Center, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Shi Wang

Affiliation Department of Endoscopy, Zhejiang Province Cancer Hospital, Zhejiang Cancer Center, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Yi-Chen Wu

Affiliation Zhejiang Cancer Research Institute, Zhejiang Province Cancer Hospital, Zhejiang Cancer Center, Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Z-QL. Performed the experiments: Z-QL PL X-XL X-HF. Analyzed the data: Z-QL PL X-XL J-LY JH L-SY XZ W-YZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SW. Wrote the paper: Z-QL. Assisted in manuscript modification: Y-CW.