Fangdie Ye

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1 Introduction Thyroid cancer (TC) is the most common form of endocrine malignant neoplasm, with steadily increasing global incidence over recent decades (Kitahara and Sosa, 2016; Lin et al., 2021; Siegel et al., 2023). It is projected to become the fourth most prevalent cancer worldwide by 2030 (Kim et al., 2020).

Introduction Esophageal cancer is one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths worldwide. According to the Global Cancer Statistics 2020, esophageal cancer ranks 7th and 6th in terms of incidence and mortality (Chen et al., 2016; Arnold et al., 2020; Sung et al., 2021).