Huang, Cheng-Long
Guo, Rui
Li, Jun-Yan
Xu, Cheng
Mao, Yan-Ping
Tian, Li
Lin, Ai-Hua
Sun, Ying
Ma, Jun
Tang, Ling-long http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8561-1454
Funding for this research was provided by:
Natural Science Foundation of China (81572962)
Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province (2017A030312003)
Health & Medical Collaborative Innovation Project of Guangzhou City, China (201803040003)
the Innovation Team Development Plan of the Ministry of Education (IRT_17R110)
Overseas Expertise Introduction Project for Discipline Innovation (B14035)
Article History
Received: 23 May 2019
Revised: 15 September 2019
Accepted: 4 October 2019
First Online: 24 October 2019
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The scientific guarantor of this publication is Ling-Long Tang from Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center (Guangzhou, China).
: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
: One of the authors, Ai-Hua Lin, who is from the Department of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou, China), has significant statistical expertise.
: Written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board.
: Institutional Review Board approval was obtained.
: • Retrospective• Diagnostic or prognostic study• Performed at one institution