About the Authors

Rutian Li

Affiliation The Comprehensive Cancer Center of Drum-Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University & Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China

Wei Wu

Affiliation Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry and Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China

Qin Liu

Affiliation The Comprehensive Cancer Center of Drum-Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University & Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China

Puyuan Wu

Affiliation The Comprehensive Cancer Center of Drum-Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University & Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China

Li Xie

Affiliation The Comprehensive Cancer Center of Drum-Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University & Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China

Zhenshu Zhu

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, P.R. China

Mi Yang

Affiliation The Comprehensive Cancer Center of Drum-Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University & Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China

Xiaoping Qian

Affiliation The Comprehensive Cancer Center of Drum-Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University & Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China

Yin Ding

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Analytical Chemistry for Life Science, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China

Lixia Yu

Affiliation The Comprehensive Cancer Center of Drum-Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University & Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China

Xiqun Jiang

Affiliation Laboratory of Mesoscopic Chemistry and Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China

Wenxian Guan

Guanwenxian@163.com (WG); Baoruiliu@nju.edu.cn (BL)

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Drum-Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China

Baorui Liu

Guanwenxian@163.com (WG); Baoruiliu@nju.edu.cn (BL)

Affiliation The Comprehensive Cancer Center of Drum-Tower Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University & Clinical Cancer Institute of Nanjing University, Nanjing, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RL WG BL. Performed the experiments: WW QL MY ZZ. Analyzed the data: LX YD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LY XJ XQ. Wrote the paper: RL BL. Communicated with the patient: PW.