About the Authors

Jing-lei Qu

qujinglei@hotmail.com (JLQ); qu_xiujuan@hotmail.com (XJQ); cmuliuyunpeng@hotmail.com (YPL)

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Xiu-juan Qu

qujinglei@hotmail.com (JLQ); qu_xiujuan@hotmail.com (XJQ); cmuliuyunpeng@hotmail.com (YPL)

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Zhi Li

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Jing-dong Zhang

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Jing Liu

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Yue-e Teng

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Bo Jin

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Ming-fang Zhao

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Ping Yu

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Jing Shi

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Ling-yu Fu

Affiliation Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Evidence-based Medicine, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Zhen-ning Wang

Affiliation Department of Surgical Oncology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Yun-peng Liu

qujinglei@hotmail.com (JLQ); qu_xiujuan@hotmail.com (XJQ); cmuliuyunpeng@hotmail.com (YPL)

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, The First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YPL XJQ JLQ. Performed the experiments: JLQ XJQ ZL JDZ JL YET BJ MFZ PY. Analyzed the data: JLQ XJQ ZL YPL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JLQ XJQ ZL JDZ JL YET BJ MFZ PY JS LF ZW. Wrote the paper: JLQ XJQ YPL.