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• Zhen Gao,
• Shujie Huang,
• Sichao Wang,
• Dezhao Tang,
• Wei Xu,
• Ruijie Zeng,
• Guibin Qiao

Affiliations

Zhen Gao

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; Centre of Cancer Cell and Molecular Biology, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, John Vane Science Centre, Charterhouse Square, London, UK

Shujie Huang

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Sichao Wang

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; Department of Clinical Oncology, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Department of Clinical Oncology, The University of Hong Kong-Shenzhen Hospital, Shenzhen, China

Dezhao Tang

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Wei Xu

School of Public Health, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

Ruijie Zeng

Department of Gastroenterology, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Guibin Qiao

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China; Corresponding author. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, 106 Zhongshan Second Road, Guangzhou 510080, China.