Zhao, Feng https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4441-9992
Wang, Jili
Yu, Hao
Cheng, Xiaofei
Li, Xinke
Zhu, Xuan
Xu, Xiangming
Lin, Jianjiang
Chen, Xin
Yan, Senxiang
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Nature Science Foundation of China (81701683)
Health Commission of Zhejiang Province (2020KY131)
Zhejiang Provincial Key Discipline of Traditional Chinese Medicine (2017-XK-A32)
Article History
Received: 1 November 2019
Accepted: 18 February 2020
First Online: 27 February 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: This study was based on a secondary analysis of previously collected, publicly available and de-identified data. The SEER database holds no identifying patient information, all data are anonymous, and therefore, written informed consent was not needed for this study. This investigation was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki and with national and international guidelines. The institutional review board of our hospital approved this study.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.