Chen, Xiaoling
Zhu, Yuanting
Li, Qilong
Luo, Niansang
Fang, Chang
Mai, Peibiao
Li, Guangxing
Xie, Yong
Wang, Jingshu
Zhang, Kun
Funding for this research was provided by:
Drug Clinical Trial Fund (Grant No. 9100018054)
National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 81702762)
Article History
Received: 2 May 2026
Accepted: 1 September 2026
First Online: 12 September 2026
Declarations
Ethics approval and consent to participate: This study was conducted in strict accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Institutional Medical Ethics Committee of Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University (Approval No.: SYSKY-2026-163-01). Due to the retrospective design using de-identified patient records, informed consent was waived by the Ethics Committee. All methods were performed in compliance with relevant institutional and national regulations.
Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.