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Associations among healthcare insurance, tumor-node-metastasis stage and cancer survival: More to be understood
Zhuo-Yu Li, Rui Wang, Xin-Zu Chen, SIGES Research Group
Zhuo-Yu Li, Xin-Zu Chen, Gastric Cancer Center & Gastric Cancer Laboratory, Department of General Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
Rui Wang, Department of Gastroenterology, Nursing Section, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
Xin-Zu Chen, Ya’an Cancer Prevention and Control Center, Ya’an People’s Hospital - West China Ya’an Hospital, Sichuan University, Ya'an 625000, Sichuan Province, China
Xin-Zu Chen, Ya’an Key Laboratory for High Altitude Medicine, Ya’an People’s Hospital - West China Ya’an Hospital, Sichuan University, Ya'an 625000, Sichuan Province, China
SIGES Research Group, Gastric Cancer Center, Department of General Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China
Co-corresponding authors: Rui Wang and Xin-Zu Chen.
Author contributions: Li ZY for the literature searching and writing; Wang R for the conception, literature review and academic support; Chen XZ for the conception, interpretation, writing, and academic inspection; Both Chen XZ and Wang R have played important and indispensable roles in the conception, secondary review of literature data, interpretation and manuscript preparation as the co-corresponding authors.
Supported by the Foundation of Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province, China, No. 23ZDYF0839; Ya'an Science and Technology Plan of Economic and Social Development (Health Field), Ya’an, China, No. 2024-1; and the Ya’an Philosophic and Social Science Research Plan, Ya’an, China, No. YAA20240035.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
Corresponding author: Xin-Zu Chen, MD, PhD, Professor, Gastric Cancer Center & Gastric Cancer Laboratory, Department of General Surgery, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, No. 37 Guoxue Alley, Wuhou District, Chengdu 610041, Sichuan Province, China.
chenxinzu@scu.edu.cn
Received: February 17, 2025
Revised: May 26, 2025
Accepted: August 4, 2025
Published online: September 15, 2025
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