Finke, Talya
Katz, Uriel
Grupel, Tal
Sarouf Gat, Yarden
Mainzer, Gur
Borik Chiger, Sharon
Funding for this research was provided by:
Tel Aviv University
Article History
Received: 8 July 2026
Accepted: 4 September 2026
First Online: 12 September 2026
Declarations
Competing Interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
Ethical Approval: The authors assert that all procedures contributing to this work comply with the ethical standards of the relevant national guidelines from the Israeli ministry of health on human experimentation and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1975, as revised in 2008, and has been approved by the institutional committee at Sheba Medical Center.
Informed Consent: The authors confirm that patient consent is not applicable to this article. This is a retrospective study using de-identified patient data; therefore, the IRB did not require consent.