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Authors
- Heng Zou (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3683-7916)
- Xiaozhun Huang
- Yihong Ran
- Xinyu Bi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4011-0939)
- Yan Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3151-5555)
- Wenyan Kang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7527-7512)
- Xu Che (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-5508-9514)
- Dong Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9581-8774)
- Zhangkan Huang
- Zhenyu Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1733-5806)
- Xu Lin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9279-7007)
- Haoxiang Wen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2247-8462)
Institutions
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN)
- National Cancer Center (US)
- Shenzhen Academy of Robotics (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Cancer
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12885-025-14178-w
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Cancer Cells and Metastasis
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.05
Funders
- Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences
- Peking Union Medical College
- Sanming Project of Medicine in Shenzhen