About the Authors

Xian Wang

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China, Department of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

Shan Huang

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China, Department of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

Xiaocan Li

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

Dongrui Jiang

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

Hongzhen Yu

Roles Methodology

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China, Department of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

Qiang Wu

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China

Chaobing Gao

Roles Writing – review & editing

gcbl10011@163.com (CG); woozson@126.com (ZW)

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China

Zhengsheng Wu

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

gcbl10011@163.com (CG); woozson@126.com (ZW)

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.