About the Authors

Mengmeng Lv

Contributed equally to this work with: Mengmeng Lv, Xingya Zhu

Affiliations Department of General Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China, The First Clinical School of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Xingya Zhu

Contributed equally to this work with: Mengmeng Lv, Xingya Zhu

Affiliations The First Clinical School of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Gulou Clinical Medical College, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Shanliang Zhong

Affiliation Center of Clinical Laboratory, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China

Weixian Chen

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China

Qing Hu

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China

Tengfei Ma

Affiliation Center of Clinical Laboratory, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China

Jun Zhang

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China

Xiaohui Zhang

Affiliation Center of Clinical Laboratory, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China

Jinhai Tang

jss_zlyy@163.com (JT); jsslcjyzx@126.com (JHZ)

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China

Jianhua Zhao

jss_zlyy@163.com (JT); jsslcjyzx@126.com (JHZ)

Affiliation Center of Clinical Laboratory, Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital, Cancer Institute of Jiangsu Province, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MML XYZ JHZ JHT. Performed the experiments: MML XYZ SLZ WXC TFM QH JZ XHZ. Analyzed the data: MML XYZ SLZ WXC. Wrote the paper: MML XYZ.