Shi, Kexin
Chen, Changlong
Fei, Yinjiao
Qiu, Lei
Yuan, Jinling
Zhu, Yuchen
Luo, Jingyan
Xu, Weilin
Cao, Yuandong
Zhou, Shu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6864-5177
Funding for this research was provided by:
the Jiangsu Province Entrepreneurship and Innovation Doctoral Talent Program (2019303073386ER19)
the Jiangsu Province People's Hospital Clinical Capability Enhancement Project (JSPH-MC-2021-17)
the Joint Open Research Fund of Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications & Jiangsu Province Hospital and the Medical Engineering Translational Fund of Jiangsu Province Hospital (RG202409)
Article History
Received: 29 April 2025
Accepted: 26 October 2025
First Online: 2 December 2025
Declarations
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: This study adhered to the ethical standards of the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was provided by the Ethics Committee of the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University (Approval No. 2024-SR-609). Furthermore, data from patients with LA-NPC at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University were included, with authorization obtained from its institutional ethics review board (Approval No. SYSKY-2024-613-01).
: Given the retrospective design and use of anonymized patient data, the requirement for informed consent was waived in accordance with institutional guidelines.
: The authors declare no conflicts of interest. All authors have seen and approved the manuscript being submitted. They warrant that the article is the authors’ original work, has not received prior publication, and is not under consideration for publication elsewhere.