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Article History

Received: 3 February 2025

Accepted: 25 March 2026

First Online: 1 April 2026

<!--Emphasis Type='Bold' removed-->Declarations

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: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. Due to the retrospective nature of this study, informed consent was exempted (Ethics committee of Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center). Ethics approval by our Institutional Review Board was obtained and the data were used confidentially for research work (Ethics committee of Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center: B2017-053-01).

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.