Gurbuz, Melisa https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3972-1289
Tekin, Cagla https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2568-3667
Ercelik, Melis https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0366-2424
Koc, Sevin Avsar https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3478-8581
Kockar, Feray https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2572-8391
Eser, Pınar https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0132-9927
Taskapilioglu, Mevlut Ozgur https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5472-9065
Tezcan, Gulcin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5956-8755
Erbaykent, Burcu https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9565-6349
Bekar, Ahmet https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2716-1985
Kocaeli, Hasan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4140-5955
Ozsen, Mine https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5771-7649
Karabaglı, Pınar https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5558-0175
Karabaglı, Hakan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1184-3965
Bayrak, Buşra Yaprak https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0537-3127
Etus, Volkan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5687-2487
Tunca, Berrin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1619-6680
Funding for this research was provided by:
Bursa Uludag University
Article History
Received: 19 February 2026
Accepted: 19 March 2026
First Online: 31 March 2026
Declarations
:
: The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Local Ethics Committee of Bursa Uludag University Faculty of Medicine (Ethics Approval Numbers: 2020-12/16 and 2023-26/19). Since this study was a retrospective analysis of archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissue samples and utilized anonymized clinical data, the requirement for individual informed consent was waived by the Ethics Committee. All samples were processed anonymously to ensure patient confidentiality.
: The authors declare no competing interests.