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This work was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81872141, 81630074, 82061148016) and Guangzhou Science and Technology key projects (201804020076).

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    Jing Zhou, Wang Yang & Qiang Liu

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Zhou, J., Yang, W. & Liu, Q. Cancer challenges worldwide and in China: preparing for the inevitable. Sci. China Life Sci. 65, 442–444 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-021-2009-0

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