About the Authors

Pingping Hu

Affiliation Institute of Oncology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Hongchang Shen

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Guanghui Wang

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Ping Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Oncology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Qi Liu

liuqi66@sdu.edu.cn (QL); dujiajun@sdu.edu.cn (JD)

Affiliation Institute of Oncology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Jiajun Du

liuqi66@sdu.edu.cn (QL); dujiajun@sdu.edu.cn (JD)

Affiliations Institute of Oncology, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong University, Jinan, China, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Shandong University, Jinan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PH QL JD. Performed the experiments: PH HS GW. Analyzed the data: PH GW PZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PH GW PZ. Wrote the paper: PH PZ.