About the Authors

Bin Wu

Affiliation Clinical Outcomes and Economics Group, Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China

Yifeng Miao

Affiliation Neuroscience Center, Nanjing Medical University, Wuxi Second People's Hospital, Shanghai, China

Yongrui Bai

Affiliation Department of Radiotherapy, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China

Min Ye

Affiliation Department of Oncology, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China

Yuejuan Xu

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Medical School of South East University, The Second Hospital of Nanjing, Nanjing, China

Huafeng Chen

Affiliation Clinical Outcomes and Economics Group, Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China

Jinfang Shen

Affiliation Clinical Outcomes and Economics Group, Department of Pharmacy, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China

Yongming Qiu

qiuzhoub@sina.com

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Renji Hospital, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YQ. Performed the experiments: BW. Analyzed the data: BW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YM YB MY YX. Wrote the paper: BW. Collected and reviewed data: YM YB MY YX. Provided clinical input: HC. Validated the model assumptions: HC. Aided in defining economic setting: JS.