About the Authors

Jian-fei Zhu

JFZ and XYF also contributed equally to this work. JFZ and XYF are first authors on this work.

Affiliations Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, Shaanxi Provincial People’s Hospital, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China

Xing-yu Feng

JFZ and XYF also contributed equally to this work. JFZ and XYF are first authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Gastro-pancreatic Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Xue-wen Zhang

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Ying-sheng Wen

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Peng Lin

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Tie-hua Rong

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Ling Cai

Contributed equally to this work with: Ling Cai, Lan-jun Zhang

zhanglj@sysucc.org.cn (LJZ); cailing@sysucc.org.cn (LC)

Affiliation Department of Radiation-Oncology, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Lan-jun Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Ling Cai, Lan-jun Zhang

zhanglj@sysucc.org.cn (LJZ); cailing@sysucc.org.cn (LC)

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LJZ LC. Performed the experiments: JFZ XYF LC. Analyzed the data: JFZ LC LJZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JFZ LC XWZ YSW PL THR. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: JFZ LC LJZ.