Gupta, Rohitesh
Gopalsamy, Indresh K
Nadukkandy, Aisha Shigna
Singh, Ankit
Tangella, Charan Raju
Alexander, Liza Esther
Nair, Rekha A
Cordani, Marco
Kumar, Lekha Dinesh
Funding for this research was provided by:
CSIR Scientist’s Pool Scheme fellowship (13(9130)-2020-Pool)
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (RYC2021-031003I)
CSIR-CCMB (MLP 0037)
Article History
Received: 3 October 2025
Accepted: 27 February 2026
First Online: 19 March 2026
Declarations
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: Ethical approvals were obtained from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) and the ethical committees of both the Regional Cancer Centre (RCC), Thiruvananthapuram, and the Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad. Written informed consent was obtained from patients who were willing to participate in the study. All procedures were performed in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: M.C. has received honoraria/consultancy contracts from EQA Certificados and OCA Global. M.C. has received honoraria contracts from Elsevier B.V. These external engagements had no influence on the design, execution, interpretation, or conclusions of the present study. All other authors declare no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.