About the Authors

Mengmeng Lv

Contributed equally to this work with: Mengmeng Lv, Xingya Zhu

Affiliations Department of General Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China, The First Clinical School of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Xingya Zhu

Contributed equally to this work with: Mengmeng Lv, Xingya Zhu

Affiliations Gulou Clinical Medical College, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Nanjing Gulou Hospital Affiliated to Medical College of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Hao Wang

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Nanjing Gulou Hospital Affiliated to Medical College of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Feng Wang

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Nanjing Gulou Hospital Affiliated to Medical College of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Wenxian Guan

guanwx810@126.com

Affiliation Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Nanjing Gulou Hospital Affiliated to Medical College of Nanjing University, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MML XYZ. Performed the experiments: MML XYZ HW FW WXG. Analyzed the data: MML XYZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HW FW. Wrote the paper: MML XYZ.