Buja, Alessandra
Cassalia, Fortunato
Rugge, Massimo
Trevisiol, Chiara
Zorzi, Manuel
Del Fiore, Paolo
Pantaleo, Ilaria
Rossi, Carlo Riccardo
Conte, Pierfranco
Belloni Fortina, Anna
Mocellin, Simone
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fondazione Periplo
Ministero della Salute
Article History
Received: 16 July 2025
Accepted: 20 November 2025
First Online: 25 November 2025
Declarations
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: This retrospective study involving human participants was conducted in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The Italian legislation identifies cancer registries as collectors of personal data for surveillance purposes, with no need to obtain individuals’ explicit informed consent [REF: ].This study project was formally approved by the Ethics Committee of the Veneto Oncological Institute (protocol number 52/2016).
: Not applicable.
: ABF received Consulting fees, Payment or honoraria for lectures, presentations, speakers bureaus, manuscript writing or educational events, Support for attending meetings and/or travel, and Participation on a Data Safety Monitoring Board or Advisory Board and from Sanofi, Abbvie, Leopharma, Pfizer, and Incyte. No other authors report any conflicts. The authors declare that this study was designed and conducted in the absence of any financial or commercial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.