Xie, Renxian
Lin, Xiaoluan
Li, Qiufeng
Pan, Junqing
Xie, Keyan
Chen, Jianzhou
Zhang, Ying
Chen, Chuangzhen
Zhan, Yizhou
Article History
Received: 14 October 2025
Accepted: 29 July 2026
First Online: 31 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This retrospective study used previously collected de-identified data. The protocol was reviewed by the Ethics Committee of the Cancer Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, and the requirement for informed consent was waived. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
Consent for publication: Not applicable.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.