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Authors' contributions

Zheng Li, Yue Hu, and Dan Cao contributed to the study conception and design. Zheng Li, Yali Shen, Zhiping Li, Dan Cao, and Yue Hu performed data acquisition, analysis, and interpretation. Zheng Li, Yali Shen, and Zhiping Li wrote the initial draft, Yue Hu and Dan Cao revised the manuscript. All authors reviewed and approved the final manuscript.

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are all included in this article and the supplementary material.

Funding

This work was jointly supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 82272746), and the Medical Science and Technology Project of Sichuan Provincial Health Commission (Grant No. 21PJ135).

Declaration of Competing Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Yaqin Zhao, Ningjing Lei (Division of Abdominal Tumor Multimodality Treatment, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China), Xi Chen, Qing Liu, and Shihong Nie (Department of Radiation Oncology, Cancer Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China) for their valuable help in data collection and data analysis.