About the Authors

Yong-Xi Song

Contributed equally to this work with: Yong-Xi Song, Peng Gao

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China

Peng Gao

Contributed equally to this work with: Yong-Xi Song, Peng Gao

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China

Zhen-Ning Wang

josieon826@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China

Ji-Wang Liang

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China

Zhe Sun

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China

Mei-Xian Wang

Affiliation Department of Tumor Pathology and Surgical Oncology, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China

Yu-Lan Dong

Affiliation Department of Tumor Pathology and Surgical Oncology, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China

Xin-Fang Wang

Affiliation Department of Tumor Pathology and Surgical Oncology, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China

Hui-Mian Xu

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZNW HMX YXS. Performed the experiments: JWL ZNW PG YXS MXW YLD XFW. Analyzed the data: JWL PG ZS YXS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HMX MXW YLD XFW. Wrote the paper: YXS PG.