Qu, Jinrong
Zhang, Yudong
Lu, Shuang
Xing, Wenqun
Zheng, Yan
Sun, Haibo
Gao, Quanli
Xia, Qingxin
Wang, Zhaoqi
Zhang, Hongkai
Wang, Shaoyu
Qin, Jianjun
Kamel, Ihab R.
Li, Hailiang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5019-9148
Funding for this research was provided by:
Projects of the General Programs of the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81972802)
Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province (182300410355)
Science and Technology Department of Henan Province (SBGJ202002021)
Special funding of the Henan Health Science and Technology Innovation Talent Project (YXKC2020011)
Henan Province focuses on research and development and promotion (212102310133)
Innovation Scientists and Technicians Troop Construction Projects of Henan Province (20160913, SB201901108)
Youth Talent Project of Henan Youth Health Science and Technology Innovation Foundation (YXKC2020022)
Article History
Received: 3 February 2022
Revised: 4 August 2022
Accepted: 10 August 2022
First Online: 1 September 2022
Declarations
:
: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Hailiang Li.
: One of the authors (Shaoyu Wang) is an employee of Siemens Healthineers. The remaining authors declare no relationships with any companies whose products or services may be related to the subject matter of the article.
: No complex statistical methods were necessary for this paper.
: The protocol was approved by Henan Cancer Hospital, which was retrospectively reviewed utilizing a prospectively maintained database, which was granted (NCT03635619), and informed consent was obtained from all participants. All the authors have followed the applicable ethical standards to maintain the research integrity without any duplication, fraud, or plagiarism issues.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: • prospective• diagnostic or prognostic study• performed at one institution