About the Authors

Jing Liu

Affiliations The Breast Center, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong Province, PR China, Cancer Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong Province, PR China

Xiao-Long Wei

Affiliations The Breast Center, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong Province, PR China, Cancer Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong Province, PR China

Wen-He Huang

Affiliation The Breast Center, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong Province, PR China

Chun-Fa Chen

Affiliations The Breast Center, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong Province, PR China, Cancer Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong Province, PR China

Jing-Wen Bai

Affiliations The Breast Center, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong Province, PR China, Cancer Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong Province, PR China

Guo-Jun Zhang

guoj_zhang@yahoo.com

Affiliations The Breast Center, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong Province, PR China, Cancer Research Center, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, Guangdong Province, PR China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL X-LW G-JZ. Performed the experiments: JL C-FC J-WB. Analyzed the data: JL W-HH G-JZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JL X-LW G-JZ. Wrote the paper: JL G-JZ.