Li, Kexun
Lu, Simiao
Li, Changding
Mao, Jie
Zhang, Huan
Wang, Kangning
Liu, Guangyuan
Han, Yongtao
Peng, Lin
Leng, Xuefeng
Funding for this research was provided by:
Doctoral Student Educational Innovation Fund Project of Kunming Medical University (2025B014)
Sichuan Key Research and Development Project from the Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province (2023YFS0044)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82472663)
National Key Research and Development Program (2022YFC2403400)
International Cooperation Projects of the Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province (2024YFHZ0322)
Chengdu Science and Technology Bureau Key Research Project (2024-YF05-00797-SN)
Wu Jieping Clinical Research Projects (320.6750.2023-05-141)
Sichuan Province Clinical Key Specialty Construction Project ([2022]70)
Article History
Received: 9 June 2025
Accepted: 9 September 2025
First Online: 27 October 2025
Declarations
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: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: Partial preliminary results of this article will present as a poster by Simiao Lu at the 21 st World Congress for Esophageal Diseases, which was held in Brisbane, Australia, from September 21 to 23, 2025.
: During preparation of this work the author(s) used ERNIE Bot in order to polish sentences. After using this tool/service, the author(s) reviewed and edited the content as needed and take(s) full responsibility for the content of the publication. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to Sichuan Cancer Hospital for their invaluable support and resources throughout this study.
: The study received ethical approval from the Ethics Committee for Medical Research and New Medical Technology at Sichuan Cancer Hospital (Approval No. SCCHEC-02–2024-191). As a retrospective analysis, patient consent was waived, but strict confidentiality and data protection measures were implemented, complying with the Declaration of Helsinki (2013 revision). The authors ensured adherence to stringent methodological standards to uphold the validity and reliability of the study findings.