Bai, Yongkang
Dong, Xiaorui
Qian, Yuxian
Chen, Lixiang
Wang, Hui
Xu, Zhiyun
Xu, Lin
Funding for this research was provided by:
Jiangsu Provincial Medical Key Discipline Cultivation Unit (JSDW202233)
Article History
Received: 26 March 2026
Accepted: 14 May 2026
First Online: 20 May 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This retrospective cohort study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Nanjing Medical University Affiliated Cancer Hospital (IRB No. KY-2025-246-01). Given the retrospective nature of the study and the use of de-identified data, the requirement for informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.