Departments of *Thoracic Surgery

†Pathology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine

‡Clinical Center for Thoracic Surgery Research, Tongji University, Shanghai, People’s Republic of China

§The First People's Hospital of Linhai, Taizhou, Zhejiang, China

L.X., H.S., L.H., and F.W. contributed equally to this work.

Supported by the General Program of Xinjiang Natural Science Foundation (2018D01C027), Clinical Research Plan of Shanghai Hospital Development Center (SHDC2020CR1021B & SHDC22020218), National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC91959126 & NSFC81770091), Shanghai Municipal Health Commission (202040322), Clinical Research Project of Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital (FK18001).

L.X., H.S., L.H., D.Z. and C.C.: conception and design. C.C., C.W., and D.Z.: administrative support. C.C., C.W., and Z.D.P.: provision of study materials or patients. H.X., Y.S., J.G., F.W., S.Z., C.D., D.Z., and Y.Z.: collection and assembly of data. L.X., H.S., and L.H.: data analysis and interpretation. All authors involved in manuscript writing and final approval of manuscript.

Conflicts of Interest and Source of Funding: The authors have disclosed that they have no significant relationships with, or financial interest in, any commercial companies pertaining to this article.

Correspondence: Chang Chen, MD, PhD, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China (e-mail: [email protected]).

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