About the Authors

Yan-Ni Song

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Jing-Shu Geng

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Tong Liu

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Zhen-Bin Zhong

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Yang Liu

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Bing-Shu Xia

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Hong-Fei Ji

Affiliation Department of Genomics, Heilongjiang Institute for Cancer Research, Harbin, China

Xiao-Mei Li

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Guo-Qiang Zhang

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Yan-Lv Ren

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Zhi-Gao Li

drzhigaoli@126.com (ZGL); pangdasir@163.com (DP)

Affiliation Department of Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China

Da Pang

drzhigaoli@126.com (ZGL); pangdasir@163.com (DP)

Affiliations Department of Breast Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, China, Department of Genomics, Heilongjiang Institute for Cancer Research, Harbin, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DP ZGL YNS. Performed the experiments: YNS JSG TL ZBZ YL BSX HFJ XML GQZ YLR. Analyzed the data: DP ZGL YNS. Wrote the paper: DP ZGL YNS.