About the Authors

Ji-wang Liang

Contributed equally to this work with: Ji-wang Liang, 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: Ji-wang Liang, 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

Yong-xi Song

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

Ying-ying Xu

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

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: JWL PG ZNW. Performed the experiments: JWL PG MXW YLD. Analyzed the data: PG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PG YXS YYX HMX. Wrote the paper: JWL PG YXS.