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"Declarations Ethics approval and consent to participateThis retrospective study was approved by the Institutional Review Board in accordance with approved guidelines of Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center and Nantong Tumor Hospital. Consent for publicationWritten informed consent was not required for this study due to the retrospective nature of the study. Written informed consent was waived by the Institutional Review Board. Competing interestsThe authors declare that they have no competing interests. Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding This research was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (No. 21ZR1414200), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 82001903), Excellent Young Talents Project of Shanghai Public Health Three-year (2023-2025) Action Plan (No. GWVI-11.2-YQ48), and the Artificial Intelligence Medical Hospital Cooperation Project of Xuhui District in Shanghai (No. 2021-009)."