About the Authors

Guang-quan Li

Affiliations Department of General Surgery, Chen Xing Hai Hosital, Guangdong Medical College, Zhongshan, People’s Republic of China, State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Xing-gui Chen

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Chen Xing Hai Hosital, Guangdong Medical College, Zhongshan, People’s Republic of China

Xing-ping Wu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Jing-dun Xie

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Yong-ju Liang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Xiao-qin Zhao

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Wei-qiang Chen

cxhyy2010@163.com.cn (WqC); Fulw@mail.sysu.edu.cn (LwF)

Affiliation Department of General Surgery, Chen Xing Hai Hosital, Guangdong Medical College, Zhongshan, People’s Republic of China

Li-wu Fu

cxhyy2010@163.com.cn (WqC); Fulw@mail.sysu.edu.cn (LwF)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Oncology in Southern China, Cancer Center, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LwF WqC. Performed the experiments: GqL XqZ YjL JdX XgC. Analyzed the data: XpW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GqL YjL. Wrote the paper: GqL LwF.