James, Jessinntha https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6465-6135
Yajid, Aidy Irman https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5058-2051
Yahaya, Sahran https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9469-4231
Abdullah, Sarimah https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7966-5966
Tuan Sharif, Sharifah Emilia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0343-4205
Funding for this research was provided by:
Universiti Sains Malaysia Research University (1001/PPSP/8070014)
Universiti Sains Malaysia
Article History
Received: 13 February 2025
Accepted: 27 June 2025
First Online: 16 July 2025
Declarations
:
: The authors declare no conflict of interests.
: This study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki protocols and was approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee (JEPeM) of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM/JEPeM/21010043 issued on 10th February 2021).
: This study utilised archived tissue blocks. The consent was already obtained before the patient subjected to surgery.