About the Authors

Wang Jing

Contributed equally to this work with: Wang Jing, Hui Zhu

Current address: Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

Affiliation Weifang Medical University, Weifang, Shandong Province, China

Hui Zhu

Contributed equally to this work with: Wang Jing, Hui Zhu

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

Hongbo Guo

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

Yan Zhang

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

Fang Shi

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

Anqin Han

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

Minghuan Li

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

Li Kong

kongli7@sina.com (LK); sdyujinming@126.com (JY)

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

Jinming Yu

kongli7@sina.com (LK); sdyujinming@126.com (JY)

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Jinan, Shandong Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JY and LK. Performed the experiments: WJ, HZ, and HG. Analyzed the data: YZ, FS and AH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YZ, FS, AH and ML. Wrote the paper: WJ and HZ.