*Department of Internal Medicine, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Translational Research for Cancer Metastasis and Individualized Treatment, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital

†Chongqing Bishan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine

‡Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China

H.Y. and T.L. contributed equally to this study.

This work was supported by Natural Science Foundation Project of Chongqing (No. cstc2020jcyj-msxmX1093).

L.L, H.Y. and T.L.: contributed to the study design. H.Y., T.L., and Z.F.: preformed the data analysis. H.Y. and T.L.: wrote the manuscript. L.L. and M.L.: critically revised and edited the manuscript. All authors reviewed and approved the final manuscript.

All SEER data and information are publicly available at https://seer.cancer.gov/.

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

Correspondence: Ling Luo, MD, Department of Internal Medicine, Chongqing Key Laboratory of Translational Research for Cancer Metastasis and Individualized Treatment, Chongqing University Cancer Hospital, No. 181 Hanyu Road, Shapingba District, Chongqing, 400030, China. E-mail: [email protected].

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