Fan, Chanyuan
Sun, Kailun
Feng, Zhaoyan
Zhang, Peipei
Yang, Xi
Min, Xiangde
Funding for this research was provided by:
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82400892)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (82102028)
the Hubei Provincial Natural Science Foundation (2024AFB656)
Article History
Received: 2 September 2025
Accepted: 8 December 2025
First Online: 29 December 2025
Declarations
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: Not applicable. This study analyzed publicly available, de-identified data from The Cancer Genome Atlas esophageal carcinoma cohort. No new human participants, identifiable private information, or animal experiments were involved. Therefore, do not require Institutional Review Board review or approval. The study did not involve interaction with or intervention in human participants, and only de-identified public data were analyzed; therefore, consent to participate was not required.
: Not applicable. The manuscript contains no individual person’s data (including images, videos, or identifiable clinical details); therefore, consent for publication was not required.
: The authors declare no competing interests.