Liu, Aizhu http://orcid.org/0009-0000-0320-7312
Sheng, Weixuan http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5443-9498
Tang, Xianshi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4665-9826
Yin, Jinshu
Article History
Received: 7 November 2022
Revised: 17 June 2023
Accepted: 20 July 2023
First Online: 1 September 2023
Declarations
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: This retrospective clinical study involved a total of 31,623 cases including 17,203 female (54.4%) and 14,420 male patients (35.6%), with 6982 patients (female 3695, male 3287) reported in 2018 and the rest 24,641 patients (female 13,508, male 11,133) in 2019. Clinical data of patients were collected without intervention in their treatment plans, and therefore posing no risks to the patients’ physical conditions. And the information provided by patients as personal privacy would be well protected from being leaked without informed consent.
: In this retrospective study, only the number of patients was collected, no personal privacy was involved, and no informed consent was obtained.
: The authors declare no competing interests.