Guo, Longhua
Chen, Zhihong
Xu, Chongrui
Zhang, Xuchao
Yan, Honghong
Su, Jian
Yang, Jinji
Xie, Zhi
Guo, Weibang
Li, Feng
Wu, Yilong
Zhou, Qing
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Key R&D Program of China (2016YFC1303800)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (81572282)
Special Fund for Research in the Public Interest from National Health and Family Planning Commission of PRC (201402031)
Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2015A030313539)
Research Fund from Guangzhou Science and Technology Bureau (2014Y2-00545)
Article History
Received: 21 April 2018
Accepted: 31 March 2019
First Online: 23 April 2019
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The study protocol was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital. All patients provided written informed consent for participation, with separate consent obtained for tumor specimens for biomarker analyses.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interest.
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