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Article History

Received: 20 August 2022

Accepted: 10 August 2023

First Online: 21 August 2023

Declarations

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: This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Taichung Veterans General Hospital (IRB no: CE19332B-2). Our study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki. The requirement for informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board of Taichung Veterans General Hospital because of the retrospective nature of the study. The screening data use for presented analysis were publicly available from Cancer Screening and Tracing Information Integrated System of Health Promotion Administration, Ministry of Health and Welfare in Taiwan. Confirmed COVID-19 case numbers in Taiwan were obtained from the public database of the National Health Command Center.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.