About the Authors

Yu-Long Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Yu-Long Wang, Shou-Hao Feng

Affiliations Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Shou-Hao Feng

Contributed equally to this work with: Yu-Long Wang, Shou-Hao Feng

Affiliations Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Ji Zhu

Affiliations Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Department of Clinical Statistics, Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Guo-Pei Zhu

Affiliations Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Duan-Shu Li

Affiliations Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Yu Wang

Affiliations Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Yong-Xue Zhu

Affiliations Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Guo-Hua Sun

Affiliations Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Qing-Hai Ji

jiqinghai@shca.org.cn

Affiliations Department of Head & Neck Surgery, Cancer Hospital, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, Department of Oncology, Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YLW SHF GPZ QHJ. Performed the experiments: YLW SHF JZ GPZ DSL YW YXZ GHS QHJ. Analyzed the data: YLW SHF JZ GPZ DSL YW YXZ GHS QHJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YLW SHF JZ GPZ DSL YW YXZ GHS QHJ. Wrote the paper: YLW SHF JZ GPZ DSL YW YXZ GHS QHJ.