Joseph, Nickson
Shrestha, Sanskriti
Sassmannshausen, Ivanka
Mitzkus, Sandra
Chumala, Paulos
Sivakumar, Bhadrapriya
Baiju, Viswanath
Ahmed, Shahid
Rees, Henrike
Katselis, George S.
Krishnan, Anand https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0064-942X
Funding for this research was provided by:
Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation
Breast Cancer Canada Prostate Cancer Fight Foundation Canada Ride for Dad, Canada
Not applicable
Article History
Received: 21 March 2025
Revised: 4 June 2025
Accepted: 25 June 2025
First Online: 8 July 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: (a) All the methods performed in this work were in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations. (b) The purchase of human breast tumor samples and the use of associated de-identified clinical data have been approved by the Biomedical Research Ethics Board (Bio-REB) (permit ID: 2083), University of Saskatchewan. Adult rats used for harvesting the DRG-nerve preparations have been approved by the Animal Research Ethics Board (AREB) (permit ID: 20190119), University of Saskatchewan. (c) This study does not have human participants, and therefore, ‘informed consent’ is not applicable to this study.