About the Authors

Jing Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Jing Li, Ying Wang

Affiliations Department of Oncology, Yangzhou NO.1 People’s Hospital, The Second Clinical School of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China, Research Center of Cancer Prevention and Treatment, Medical College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Ying Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Jing Li, Ying Wang

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Yangzhou NO.1 People’s Hospital, The Second Clinical School of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Qing-Guo Li

Affiliations Department of Colorectal Surgery, Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center, Shanghai, China, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, China

Jin-Jun Xue

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Yangzhou NO.1 People’s Hospital, The Second Clinical School of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Zhu Wang

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Yangzhou NO.1 People’s Hospital, The Second Clinical School of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Xin Yuan

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Yangzhou NO.1 People’s Hospital, The Second Clinical School of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Jian-Dong Tong

xzyxyxlc@sohu.com (LCX); drtong_yz@163.com (JDT)

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Yangzhou NO.1 People’s Hospital, The Second Clinical School of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Li-Chun Xu

xzyxyxlc@sohu.com (LCX); drtong_yz@163.com (JDT)

Affiliation Research Center of Cancer Prevention and Treatment, Medical College of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JL JDT LCX. Formal analysis: JL JJX YW QGL. Methodology: JL JJX YW. Resources: JL JJX YW. Software: ZW XY. Validation: JL JJX YW. Writing – original draft: JL JDT LCX. Writing – review & editing: JL JDT LCX.