About the Authors

Jianxiong Wu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jianxiong Wu, Jun Du, Liguo Liu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Cancer Institute/Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Jun Du

Contributed equally to this work with: Jianxiong Wu, Jun Du, Liguo Liu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Cancer Institute/Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Liguo Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jianxiong Wu, Jun Du, Liguo Liu

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Cancer Institute/Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Cancer Institute/Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Qian Li

Affiliations National Office for Cancer Prevention and Control, Cancer Institute/Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China, Environmental Health Sciences Division, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Weiqi Rong

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Cancer Institute/Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Liming Wang

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Cancer Institute/Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Ying Wang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Cancer Institute/Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Mengya Zang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Cancer Institute/Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Zhiyuan Wu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Cancer Institute/Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Yawei Zhang

Affiliation Environmental Health Sciences Division, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Chunfeng Qu

quchf@cicams.ac.cn

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Molecular Oncology, Cancer Institute/Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CQ. Performed the experiments: JW JD LL WR LM YW MZ ZW CQ. Analyzed the data: QL JD YZ LL CQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JW. Wrote the paper: CQ YZ JD JW LL. Conducted the follow-up on patients and collected the data: JW LL WR LW. Statistical analysis: QL JD YZ.