About the Authors

Yu-Juan Xiang

Contributed equally to this work with: Yu-Juan Xiang, Ming-Ming Guo

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong province, People's Republic of China

Ming-Ming Guo

Contributed equally to this work with: Yu-Juan Xiang, Ming-Ming Guo

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong province, People's Republic of China

Cheng-Jun Zhou

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong province, People's Republic of China

Lu Liu

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong province, People's Republic of China

Bo Han

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Shandong University Medical School, Jinan, Shandong province, People's Republic of China

Ling-Yu Kong

Affiliation Department of Breast Diseases, Linyi Tumor Hospital, Linyi, Shandong province, People's Republic of China

Zhong-Cheng Gao

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Linyi People's Hospital, Linyi, Shandong province, People's Republic of China

Zhong-Bing Ma

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong province, People's Republic of China

Lu Wang

Affiliation Division of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong province, People's Republic of China

Man Feng

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Affiliated Hospital of Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, Shandong province, People's Republic of China

Hai-Ying Chen

Affiliation Oral Maxillofacial-Head and Neck Key Laboratory of Medical Biology, and Central Laboratory for Experimental Medicine, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng, Shandong province, People's Republic of China

Guo-Tao Jia

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Liaocheng People's Hospital, Liaocheng, Shandong province, People's Republic of China

De-Zong Gao

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong province, People's Republic of China

Qiang Zhang

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong province, People's Republic of China

Liang Li

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong province, People's Republic of China

Yu-Yang Li

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong province, People's Republic of China

Zhi-Gang Yu

yzg@medmail.com.cn

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong province, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: Y-JX M-MG C-JZ L. Liu BH MF Z-BM. Analyzed the data: LW Y-JX M-MG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: L-YK Z-CG Z-BM H-YC G-TJ. Wrote the paper: Y-JX M-MG. Copyedited the manuscript: Z-GY D-ZG QZ L. Li Y-YL. Supplied suggestion on study design as well as manuscript preparation: Z-GY.