About the Authors

Hongliang Yu

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital & Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, P. R. China

Li Yin

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital & Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, P. R. China

Xuesong Jiang

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital & Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, P. R. China

Xiujin Sun

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital & Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, P. R. China

Jing Wu

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital & Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, P. R. China

Hao Tian

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital & Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, P. R. China

Xianshu Gao

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Peking University First Hospital, Peking University, Beijing, P. R. China

Xia He

hexia200302@tom.com

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital & Jiangsu Institute of Cancer Research, the Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, P. R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XH HLY. Performed the experiments: HLY LY XSJ XJS JW HT. Analyzed the data: HLY XSG XH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XH XSG. Wrote the paper: HLY.