About the Authors

Hao Zhang

These authors are co-first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, the Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

Xi Liang

These authors are co-first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, the Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

Chao Duan

These authors are co-first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic, Benxi Central Hospital, Benxi, China

Caigang Liu

angel-s205@163.com

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, the Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

Zuowei Zhao

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, the Second Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HZ CL ZZ. Performed the experiments: HZ XL. Analyzed the data: HZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CD XL. Wrote the paper: HZ CL CD ZZ. Drafted the manuscript: HZ CL ZZ. Helped to draft the manuscript: CD. Read and approved the final manuscript: HZ XL CD CL ZZ.