Metser, Ur https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3726-8994
Dayes, Ian S.
Parpia, Sameer
Eisen, Andrea F.
Hodgson, Nicole
Cil, Tulin D.
George, Ralph
Blanchette, Phillip
Arnaout, Angel
Chan, Adrien
Levine, Mark N. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1288-0773
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Article History
Received: 6 May 2025
Revised: 21 January 2026
Accepted: 19 February 2026
First Online: 2 March 2026
Change Date: 6 April 2026
Change Type: Update
Change Details: The original online version of this article was revised: In this article the author’s name Angel Arnaout was incorrectly written as Angel Arnaou. The affiliation details for Angel Arnaout were incorrectly given as both ‘Department of Surgery, University of British Columbia’ and ‘Northern Ontario School of Medicine’; Angel Arnaout’s correct listing is only: Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada, The affiliation details for Adrien Chan were incorrectly given as only ‘Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Cancer Centre’, but should have been 'Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada' and ‘Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Cancer Centre, Thunder Bay, ON, Canada’.
Change Date: 15 April 2026
Change Type: Correction
Change Details: A Correction to this paper has been published:
Change Details: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-026-03435-9
Ethics Approval and Consent to Participate
: All patients provided their written informed consent. The trial protocol was approved by the ethics committee of each participating institution. The study was performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: The authors declare no competing interests.