Jose, Joe https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2219-889X
Ignatious, Shibu V. https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4965-8012
Anoop, Thattungal Manoharan https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0567-5253
Funding for this research was provided by:
NATCO
Article History
Accepted: 9 April 2026
First Online: 20 April 2026
Declarations
:
: Joe Jose, Shibu V. Ignatious, and Anoop T. Manohar have no conflicts of interest that are directly relevant to the content of this article.
: This study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, India (IEC Number 07/2023/04).
: Written informed consent to participate in the study was obtained from all participants.
: Not applicable.
: The datasets generated during and/or analyzed during the current study are available on reasonable request to the corresponding author.
: Not applicable.
: Conceptualization: JJ, SI, AM; data curation: JJ; formal analysis: JJ, SI; funding acquisition: not applicable; investigation: JJ, SI, AM; methodology: JJ, SI, AM; project administration: JJ, SI, AM; resources: AM; software: AM; supervision; AM; validation: JJ, SI, AM; visualization: JJ, SI, AM; roles/writing (original draft): JJ, SI; writing (review and editing): JJ, SI, AM. All authors read and approved the final version.
: The authors declare no use of AI for the write-up of the manuscript.