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Article History

Received: 12 October 2024

Accepted: 10 December 2024

First Online: 21 December 2024

Declarations

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: This study was approved by the Ethics Committee of First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (2021-SR-164), with all procedures performed in accordance with ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments. The authors are accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved. No other ethical statement is required. Due to the retrospective nature of this study, which did not involve experiments on humans and/or the use of human tissue samples, the requirement for informed consent was waived, contingent upon the anonymization of patient data. The clinical trial number is not applicable.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.