About the Authors

Ai-Qun Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Ai-Qun Liu, Lian-Ying Ge, Xiao-Ling Lu

gelianying2008@163.com (LYG); liuaiqun_2004@163.com (AQL)

Affiliation Department of Endoscopy, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China

Lian-Ying Ge

Contributed equally to this work with: Ai-Qun Liu, Lian-Ying Ge, Xiao-Ling Lu

gelianying2008@163.com (LYG); liuaiqun_2004@163.com (AQL)

Affiliation Department of Endoscopy, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China

Xiao-Ling Lu

Contributed equally to this work with: Ai-Qun Liu, Lian-Ying Ge, Xiao-Ling Lu

Affiliation National Center for International Research of Biological Targeting Diagnosis and Therapy, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Biological Targeting Diagnosis and Therapy Research, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China

Xiao-Ling Luo

Affiliation Science and Technology Agency, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China

Yan-Ling Cai

Affiliation Department of Endoscopy, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China

Xing-Qing Ye

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China

Fang-Fang Geng

Affiliation Department of Endoscopy, The Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AQL LYG Xiao-Ling Lu Xiao-Ling Luo. Performed the experiments: AQL YLC XQY FFG. Analyzed the data: AQL LYG. Wrote the paper: AQL. Read and approved the final manuscript: AQL LYG Xiao-Ling Lu Xiao-Ling Luo YLC XQY FFG.