Sundaramoorthy, Senthamizhan
Abraham, George
Narayanan, Geetha
Nair, Sreejith G.
Purushothaman, Prakash N.
Thambi, Sugeeth Mangalapilly
Mathew, Sherin P.
Philip, Deepa Susan Joy
Nair, Sindhu
Muthukumarasamy, Thamizharuvi
Article History
Received: 5 September 2025
Accepted: 24 November 2025
First Online: 22 December 2025
Declarations
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: This study was approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Regional Cancer Centre, Trivandrum, Kerala, India (Approval No: [03/2025/04]) and conducted in accordance with the ethical principles of the Declaration of Helsinki. As this was a retrospective study based on anonymized patient records, the requirement for individual informed consent was waived by the committee.
: Not applicable. This manuscript does not contain any individual person’s data in any form (including individual details, images, or videos).
: The authors declare no competing interests.