About the Authors

Zhang Lou-Qian

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Yin Rong

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Li Ming

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Yang Xin

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Jiang Feng

xulinjs@yeah.net (XL); jiangfenjs@yeah.net (JF)

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Xu Lin

xulinjs@yeah.net (XL); jiangfenjs@yeah.net (JF)

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Jiangsu Cancer Hospital, Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XL JF. Performed the experiments: ZLQ YR. Analyzed the data: LM ZLQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YX JF. Wrote the paper: XL.