About the Authors

Haichao Yuan

Affiliation Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxue Xiang #37, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China

Jianguo Qiu

Affiliation Department of Hepatobiliary Pancreatic Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxue Xiang #37, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China

Liangren Liu

Affiliation Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxue Xiang #37, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China

Shuo Zheng

Affiliation Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxue Xiang #37, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China

Lu Yang

Affiliation Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxue Xiang #37, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China

Zhenghua Liu

Affiliation Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxue Xiang #37, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China

Chunxiao Pu

Affiliation Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxue Xiang #37, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China

Jinhong Li

Affiliation Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxue Xiang #37, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China

Qiang Wei

Affiliation Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxue Xiang #37, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China

Ping Han

hanpinghxyy@163.com

Affiliation Department of Urology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Guoxue Xiang #37, Chengdu, Sichuan, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PH QW. Analyzed the data: HCY JGQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LRL SZ. Wrote the manuscript: HCY JGQ. Designed the software used in analysis: LY CXP ZHL JHL.