Damera, Saketh https://orcid.org/0009-0001-2884-4542
Lee, Jenney R.
Hong, Young-Rock
Nyame, Yaw A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8799-6749
Hammarlund, Noah
Article History
Received: 16 April 2025
Revised: 17 September 2025
Accepted: 14 October 2025
First Online: 29 October 2025
Competing interests
: YAN reports grants from the Department of Defense, National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Andy Hill Cancer Research Endowment (CARE) Fund during the conduct of the study; personal fees from OrthoClinical Diagnostics and ImmunityBio Inc outside the submitted work. YRH reports serving as a consultant for WW International during the period this study was conducted. No disclosures were reported by the other authors. The authors have no conflicts of interest to report.
: This study was designated as non-human subjects research by the University of Florida Institutional Review Board, since it used publicly available, de-identified data from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Therefore, informed consent and full institutional approval were not required. All methods were performed in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations.