Diagnostic features and therapeutic strategies for malignant paraganglioma in a patient: A case report
Lei Gan, Xu-Dong Shen, Yang Ren, Zhi-Xiang Zhuang, Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, Jiangsu Province, China
Hong-Xia Cui, Department of Pathology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, Suzhou 215004, Jiangsu Province, China
Author contributions: Gan L wrote the initial draft of the manuscript; Shen XD, Ren Y, Cui HX, and Zhuang ZX analyzed data, and wrote, edited, and reviewed the manuscript; all authors approved the final version of the manuscript and agree to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved.
Supported by National Natural Sciences Foundation of China, No. 81803553; and National Natural Science Foundation Pre-research Program of China, No. SDFEYGJ1608.
Informed consent statement: The present study was approved by the Ethics Committee of the Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University. The patient provided written informed consent form prior to commencing the study.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
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https://creativecommons.org/Licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Corresponding author: Lei Gan, PhD, Doctor, Department of Oncology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Soochow University, No. 1055 Sanxiang Road, Gusu District, Suzhou 215004, Jiangsu Province, China. ganlei19870810@163.com
Received: April 25, 2022
Peer-review started: April 25, 2022
First decision: June 8, 2022
Revised: July 1, 2022
Accepted: August 15, 2022
Article in press: August 15, 2022
Published online: September 26, 2022