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Huang, Ze-Ning MD*,†,‡,§; Tang, Yi-Hui MD*; Zhong, Qing MD*,†,‡,§; Li, Ping MD, PhD*,†,‡,§; Xie, Jian-Wei MD, PhD*,†,‡,§; Wang, Jia-Bin MD, PhD*,†,‡,§; Lin, Jian-Xian MD, PhD*,†,‡,§; Lu, Jun MD, PhD*,†,‡,§; Cao, Long-Long MD, PhD*,†,‡,§; Lin, Mi MD*,†,‡,§; Tu, Ru-Hong MD*,†,‡,§; Zheng, Chao-Hui MD, PhD*,†,‡,§; Chen, Qi-Yue MD, PhD*,†,‡,§; Huang, Chang-Ming MD, PhD*,†,‡,§

*Department of Gastric Surgery, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China

†Fujian Province Minimally Invasive Medical Center, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Fuzhou, China

‡Key Laboratory of Ministry of Education of Gastrointestinal Cancer, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China

§Department of Medical Microbiology, Fujian Key Laboratory of Tumor Microbiology, Fujian Medical University, Fuzhou, China

Huang ZN, Tang YH, and Zhong Q contributed equally to this work and should be considered as co-first authors.

This study was supported by the Construction Funds for “High-level Hospitals and Clinical Specialties” of Fujian Province [No. (2021)76].

C.M.H: integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. C.M.H and C.H.Z.: obtained funding, conceived of and designed the study, and supervised the whole study. Z.N.H., Y.H.T., Q.Z., P.L., J.W.X., J.B.W., J.X.L., J.L., L.L.C., M.L., and R.H.T.: acquired the data, study administration, and provided technical and material support. Y.H.T: interpreted and analyzed the data and drafted the manuscript. C.M.H., Q.Y.C., and Z.N.H.: revised the manuscript.

The authors report no conflicts of interest.

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