Cavallaro, Chiara
Santini, Paolo
Leoni, Laura
Mosoni, Carolina
D’Ambrosio, Silvia
Mancinetti, Francesco
Coletta, Nicola
Iorio, Michela
Porfidia, Angelo
D’Errico, Alessandro
Talerico, Rosa
Pola, Roberto
Funding for this research was provided by:
Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore
Article History
Received: 18 July 2025
Accepted: 8 September 2025
First Online: 26 September 2025
Declarations
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: The authors declare no competing interests.
: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article. This research did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. All authors contributed to the conception and design of the study, data collection, analysis, and manuscript preparation. Paolo Santini acknowledges Fondazione Umberto Veronesi (FUV) for granting a 2024 and 2025 FUV post-doctoral fellowship. The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the Clinical Ethics Committee of Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Rome (protocol number: 5516).