Funding for this research was provided by:
Research Project of the Health Commission of Hunan Province (202304019027)
Article History
Received: 10 March 2025
Accepted: 10 September 2025
First Online: 27 October 2025
Disclosure
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: Not all patients underwent chemotherapy or radiotherapy preoperatively. The Medical Ethics Committee of The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine reviewed and ratified this study, and all participants or their families were informed about the contents of the study (ethical approval: no. 2023-KY-045). Animal experiments were conducted strictly as per the principles and procedures approved by the Ethics Committee for Animal Experimentation of The First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (approval no. ZYFY20220615-08).