About the Authors

Jian Sun

Contributed equally to this work with: Jian Sun, Jing Zhang, Junliang Lu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Jing Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jian Sun, Jing Zhang, Junliang Lu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Junliang Lu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jian Sun, Jing Zhang, Junliang Lu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Jie Gao

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Xinyu Ren

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Lianghong Teng

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Huanli Duan

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Yansong Lin

Affiliation Department of nuclear medicine, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Xiaoyi Li

Affiliation Department of surgery, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Bo Zhang

Affiliation Department of ultrasound, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Zhiyong Liang

liangzhiyong1220@yahoo.com

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JZ JS YSL XYL BZ ZYL. Performed the experiments: JZ XYR JG HLD LHT BZ. Analyzed the data: JZ JLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG YSL XYL BZ ZYL. Wrote the paper: JZ JS JLL. Obtained permission for the study protocol from the Ethics Committee of the Peking Union Medical College Hospital: HLD.