Cui, Yuekai
Mei, Jie
Zhao, Shengsheng
Zhu, Bingzi
Lu, Jianhua
Li, Hongzheng
Bai, Binglong
Sun, Weijian
Jin, Wenyu
Zhu, Xueqiong
Rao, Shangrui
Yi, Yongdong
Funding for this research was provided by:
Clinical Research Foundation of The Second Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University (SAHoWMU-CR2019-02-214)
the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81972261)
the Major Research Projects of Wenzhou Science and Technology Plan Project (ZY2021003, Y2020154)
the Key Project Cultivation Project of Wenzhou Medical University (KYYW202006)
Medical Health Science and Technology key Project of Zhejiang Provincial and Ministry Health Commission (WKJ-ZJ-2322)
Lin He's New Medicine and Clinical Translation Academician Workstation Research Fund (18331202)
the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (LY18H030009)
the Project of Medical Technology and Education of Zhejiang Province of China (202045547)
Article History
Received: 6 June 2024
Accepted: 26 March 2025
First Online: 10 April 2025
Declarations
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: The study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The following information was supplied relating to ethical approvals: The 2nd Affiliated Hospital and Yuying Children's Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University granted Ethical approval to carry out the study within its facilities (Ethical Application Ref: 2023-K- 247–02). The need for informed consent was waived by Article 32 of China’s Measures for the Ethical Review of Life Science and Medical Research Involving Humans, which permits exemption from individual consent for low-risk studies utilizing non-sensitive, anonymized data. Given that the data from the TCGA and Kaplan–Meier plotter databases are publicly available, we did not require informed patient consent in this retrospective population-based cohort study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.