About the Authors

Wei Tian

Affiliation Department of oncology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China

Wenping Ding

Affiliation Department of oncology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China

Sungkyoung Kim

Affiliation Department of oncology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China

Leizhen Zheng

Affiliation Department of oncology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China

Li Zhang

Affiliation Department of oncology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China

Xiaoping Li

Affiliation Department of oncology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China

Jianchun Gu

Affiliation Department of oncology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China

Lian Zhang

Affiliation Department of oncology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China

Minggui Pan

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology and Hematology, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Santa Clara, California, United States of America

Siyu Chen

siyu.chen@shsmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of oncology, Xinhua Hospital Affiliated to Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, P.R. China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SC WT. Performed the experiments: WT WD. Analyzed the data: WT WD SK XL Lian Zhang. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WT Leizhen Zheng JG Li Zhang. Wrote the paper: WT SC MP.