About the Authors

Bijing Mao

Affiliation Cancer Center, Institute of Surgical Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China

Yafei Li

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, College of Preventive Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400038, China

Zhimin Zhang

Affiliation Cancer Center, Institute of Surgical Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China

Chuan Chen

Affiliation Cancer Center, Institute of Surgical Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China

Yuanyuan Chen

Affiliation Cancer Center, Institute of Surgical Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China

Chenchen Ding

Affiliation Cancer Center, Institute of Surgical Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China

Lin Lei

Affiliation Cancer Center, Institute of Surgical Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China

Jian Li

Affiliation Cancer Center, Institute of Surgical Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China

Mei Jiang

Affiliation Cancer Center, Institute of Surgical Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China

Dong Wang

Affiliation Cancer Center, Institute of Surgical Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China

Ge Wang

wangge70@hotmail.com

Affiliation Cancer Center, Institute of Surgical Research, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing, 400042, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BJM GW. Performed the experiments: BJM YFL GW. Analyzed the data: BJM YFL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YFL GW. Wrote the paper: BJM. Literature search: ZMZ ZMZ CC YYC CCD LL JL MJ DW.