Xu, Tianbing
Yang, Muyang
Huang, Jing
Lu, Lisen
Deng, Deqiang
Shi, Xiujuan
Sun, Yao
Lovell, Jonathan F.
Lin, Zhenyu
Zheng, Yongfa
Jin, Honglin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4398-9539
Funding for this research was provided by:
Open Research Fund of Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Precision Radiation Oncology (No. 2024ZLJZFL019)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 22307043)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 82473363, 82272851)
Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Program No. 2662024JC005)
Article History
Received: 2 October 2025
Accepted: 18 June 2026
First Online: 29 June 2026
Declarations
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: This study received approval from the Medical Ethics Committees of Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology (2018L02157), and Hubei Cancer Hospital (WDRY2023-K043). Written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to ascites and blood sample collection.
: The authors declare no competing interests.