Chan, Jeffrey Shi Kai http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0231-2393
Lee, Yan Hiu Athena http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0740-1598
Leung, Chi Ho http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5484-9390
Leung, David Ka Wai
Dee, Edward Christopher http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6119-0889
Ng, Kenrick
Tse, Gary http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5510-1253
Ng, Chi Fai http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1723-9646
Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Impact Fund from Hong Kong Metropolitan University
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services | NIH | National Cancer Institute (P30 CA008748)
Article History
Received: 27 January 2024
Revised: 21 August 2024
Accepted: 23 August 2024
First Online: 10 September 2024
Competing interests
: ECD is funded in part through the Cancer Center Support Grant from the National Cancer Institute (P30 CA008748). GT is supported by a Research Impact Fund from Hong Kong Metropolitan University (Project Reference No. RIF/2022/2.2). All other authors have no conflict of interest.
: The need for patient consent was waived by the Joint Chinese University of Hong Kong—New Territories East Cluster Clinical Research Ethics Committee due to the retrospective nature of this study and the use of deidentified data.