Agyekum, Enock Adjei https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0021-8555
Kong, Wentao
Ren, Yong-zhen
Issaka, Eliasu
Baffoe, Josephine
Xian, Wang
Tan, Gongxun
Xiong, Chunjing
Wang, Zhangye
Qian, Xiaoqin
Shen, Xiangjun
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Natural Science Foundation of China (82472004, 82472004, 82471987, 82471987, 82471987, 82472004, 82471987)
Article History
Received: 25 August 2024
Accepted: 3 April 2025
First Online: 22 April 2025
Declarations
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: This study utilized patient data from a previously published study by Zheng et al.19. Ethical approval for the original study was granted by the Institutional Review Board of Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, and written informed consent was obtained from all participants. The dataset was fully anonymized before access, and no additional informed consent was required for this secondary analysis. This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: This study utilized patient data from a previously published study by Zheng et al.19. The original study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki and received ethical approval from the Institutional Review Board of Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center and written informed consent was obtained from all participants. The dataset was made available under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license (), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction, provided appropriate credit is given. The data were used in compliance with the specified terms, ensuring full anonymization and strict confidentiality in handling. No additional ethical approval was required for this secondary analysis.
: The authors declare no competing interests.