Karadurmuş, Berkan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4821-8143
Sezer, Emel https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9881-3533
Arpacı, Rabia Bozdoğan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1541-5108
Eser, Kadir https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8666-6177
Erdoğan, Semra https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2935-0760
Erçolak, Vehbi https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1014-1694
Article History
Received: 29 January 2026
Accepted: 1 April 2026
First Online: 3 April 2026
Declarations
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: This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. Ethical approval was obtained from the Mersin University Clinical Research Ethics Committee (decision no: 2020/393, dated 27 May 2020). Owing to the study's retrospective design and the use of existing medical records and archived tissue samples, the Mersin University Ethics Committee (Decision No: 2020/393, Date: May 27, 2020) waived the requirement for written informed consent.
: Not applicable. No identifiable individual data are presented.
: The authors declare no competing interests.