About the Authors

Tian Chen

Contributed equally to this work with: Tian Chen, Chen Wang

Affiliation Department of Radiotherapy, Ningbo Medical Treatment Center Lihuili Hospital, Ningbo, Zhejiang, P.R. China

Chen Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Tian Chen, Chen Wang

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Taizhou Enze Medical Center Luqiao Hospital, Taizhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China

Fang Wu

andrewlee0923@163.com (GL); wufangfyy@163.com (FW); zhangxuebangfyy@163.com (XBZ); leewf2012@163.com (WFL)

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China

Xuebang Zhang

andrewlee0923@163.com (GL); wufangfyy@163.com (FW); zhangxuebangfyy@163.com (XBZ); leewf2012@163.com (WFL)

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Chemoradiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China

Han Yang

Affiliation Department of Chemoradiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China

Xia Deng

Affiliation Department of Chemoradiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China

Qiancheng He

Affiliation Department of General Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China

Wenfeng Li

andrewlee0923@163.com (GL); wufangfyy@163.com (FW); zhangxuebangfyy@163.com (XBZ); leewf2012@163.com (WFL)

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Chemoradiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China

Gang Li

andrewlee0923@163.com (GL); wufangfyy@163.com (FW); zhangxuebangfyy@163.com (XBZ); leewf2012@163.com (WFL)

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Chemoradiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GL WFL FW XBZ. Performed the experiments: TC CW. Analyzed the data: HY XD. Wrote the paper: GL TC. Participated in the study design and drafted the manuscript: GL. Performed the literature search and retrieved data: TC CW QCH. Provided comments on the experiment design and the manuscript: TC CW FW XD. Read and approved the final manuscript: TC CW FW XBZ HY XD QCH WFL GL.