1. Department of Thoracic Surgery and Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, PR China
2. State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, PR China
3. Nanshan School, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 511436, PR China
4. Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
5. Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
6. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
7. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shenzhen Center, Cancer Hospital Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong 518116, PR China
8. University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, USA
9. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Taizhou Hospital of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou Medical University, Linhai, Zhejiang 317000, PR China
10. Department of Anesthesia, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510120, PR China
11. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Henan Cancer Hospital, The Affiliated Cancer Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, Henan 450008, PR China
12. Department of Surgery, University of Melbourne; Division of Cancer Surgery, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
13. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria 3065, Australia
14. Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Center, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
15. Thoracic Surgery Department, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510630, PR China
16. Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510630, PR China
17. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Xianning Central Hospital, Xianning, Wuhan 437100, PR China
18. Department of General Practice, Melbourne Medical School; Cancer in Primary Care Research Group, Centre for Cancer Research, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia