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Authors
Khanna, Divya https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7856-8059
Vishwakarma, Rajesh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2540-9940
Sharma, Anand N. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7340-6181
Budukh, Atul https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6723-802X
Verma, Rahul K.
Riguvanshi, Aman
Mahmood, Fahad
Chaturvedi, Pankaj https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3520-1342
Pradhan, Satyajit https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0376-6418
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Funding
Funding for this research was provided by:
Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya Cancer Centre - Varanasi
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Article History
Received: 6 December 2024
Accepted: 23 June 2025
First Online: 12 July 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The hospital operating PBCR maintains an agreement with the district health administration to facilitate cancer registration. This study utilized de-identified data from Varanasi’s PBCR, which is integrated into hospital services and routine public health surveillance to monitor the impact of cancer control programs within the district. No individual participants were contacted for this study. According to national and international guidelines, such activities are exempt from ethical review by an institutional review board. Consequently, this study did not require ethics approval or consent to participate. The research was conducted according to the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki concerning research involving human subjects. Neither patients nor the public were involved in this research’s design, conduct, reporting, or dissemination plans.
