About the Authors

Yu Mei

Contributed equally to this work with: Yu Mei, Song Zhao

Affiliations Department of Breast Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, PR China, Department of Breast Surgery, Jinan Maternity and Child Care Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, PR China

Song Zhao

Contributed equally to this work with: Yu Mei, Song Zhao

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, PR China

Xiaofei Lu

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Jinan Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, PR China

Haixia Liu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Jinan Maternity and Child Care Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, PR China

Xiangyi Li

Affiliation School of Public Health, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, PR China

Rong Ma

marongw2000@163.com

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, Qilu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, PR China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YM RM. Performed the experiments: YM SZ. Analyzed the data: XYL SZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HXL XFL YM. Wrote the paper: YM SZ RM. Polished the manuscript and organized the team: RM.