About the Authors

Xiangyuan Ma

‡ These authors are joint first authors on this work.

Affiliation Geneseeq Technology Inc., Suite 300, MaRS Centre, South Tower, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Liangjun Zhu

‡ These authors are joint first authors on this work.

Affiliation Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, 42 Baiziting, Xuanwu, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Xue Wu

Affiliation Geneseeq Technology Inc., Suite 300, MaRS Centre, South Tower, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hua Bao

Affiliation Geneseeq Technology Inc., Suite 300, MaRS Centre, South Tower, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Xiaonan Wang

Affiliation Nanjing Shihe Jiyin Biotechnology Inc., 17th Floor, Building B, Sino-Danish Life Science Park, 3 Xinjinhu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Zhili Chang

Affiliation Nanjing Shihe Jiyin Biotechnology Inc., 17th Floor, Building B, Sino-Danish Life Science Park, 3 Xinjinhu Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Yang W. Shao

zhenxw316@163.com(ZW); yang.shao@geneseeq.com(YWS)

Affiliation Geneseeq Technology Inc., Suite 300, MaRS Centre, South Tower, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Zhenxin Wang

zhenxw316@163.com(ZW); yang.shao@geneseeq.com(YWS)

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Cang Lang Qu, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China

Competing Interests

The authors wish it to be known that our affiliation with Geneseeq Technology Inc. and Nanjing Shihe Jiyin Biotechnology Inc. does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: YWS ZW. Data curation: ZC. Formal analysis: XM HB. Investigation: LZ X. Wu X. Wang ZW. Methodology: XM LZ. Resources: LZ YWS ZW. Software: XM HB ZC. Supervision: YWS ZW. Writing – original draft: XM. Writing – review & editing: LZ X. Wu HB X. Wang ZC YWS ZW.