About the Authors

Wen-Juan Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Wen-Juan Wang, Yu Yao

Affiliation Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

Yu Yao

Contributed equally to this work with: Wen-Juan Wang, Yu Yao

Affiliation Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

Li-Li Jiang

Affiliation Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

Ting-Hua Hu

Affiliation Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

Jie-Qun Ma

Affiliation Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

Zi-Jun Liao

Affiliation Affiliated Shaanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital, College of Medicine, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

Jun-Tao Yao

Affiliation Affiliated Shaanxi Provincial Cancer Hospital, College of Medicine, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

Dong-Fan Li

Affiliation Xi’an Central Hospital, Xi’an, China

Shu-Hong Wang

nankejun@126.com (K-JN); wsh2003@126.com (S-HW)

Affiliation Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

Ke-Jun Nan

nankejun@126.com (K-JN); wsh2003@126.com (S-HW)

Affiliation Department of Oncology, First Affiliated Hospital of Medical College of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WJW KJN SHW. Performed the experiments: WJW YY THH LLJ JQM. Analyzed the data: WJW SHW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YY ZJL JTY DFL. Wrote the manuscript: WJW.