About the Authors
- Sujian Xia
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Affiliation Division of Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, University of Jinan, Guangzhou City, Guangdong, China
- Weidong Zhang
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Affiliation Novartis Pharmaceuticals Oncology, Beijing, China
- Liting Huang
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* Email: ting.hwang30@gmail.com
Affiliation Zhuhai People’s Hospital, Zhuhai City, Guangdong, China
- Hong Jiang
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Affiliation Division of Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, University of Jinan, Guangzhou City, Guangdong, China
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests. Weidong Zhang is employed by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Oncology. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors. The other authors have no competing interest.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LH SX WZ. Performed the experiments: SX WZ LH HJ. Analyzed the data: SX LH HJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LH HJ. Wrote the manuscript: SX LH WZ. Literature review: LH HJ.