Wu, Fengze
Luo, Chao
Zhou, Shumin
Peng, Zexue
Ruan, Guangying
Yang, Xin
Li, Shuqi
Huang, Wenjie
Liu, Lizhi
Zhou, Jian
Liang, Baodan
Li, Haojiang https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5854-3989
Funding for this research was provided by:
Guangdong Esophageal Cancer Institute, Youth Project (Q202214)
Guangdong Esophageal Cancer Research Institute (Q202311)
Guangdong Esophageal Cancer Research Institute (Q202221)
Guangdong Esophageal Cancer Research Institute (Q202314)
Guangdong Esophageal Cancer Research Institute (M202016)
Guangdong Medical Research Foundation (A2021179)
Article History
Received: 22 August 2025
Revised: 27 January 2026
Accepted: 15 March 2026
First Online: 7 April 2026
Declarations
:
: This retrospective study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center (approval number: B2021-335-01).
: Given the retrospective design of this study, the need for informed consent was waived in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki, 2013.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.