Nalini, Mahdi
Poustchi, Hossein
Bhandari, Deepak
Blount, Benjamin C.
Kenwood, Brandon M.
Chang, Cindy M.
Gross, Amy
Ellison, Christopher
Khoshnia, Masoud
Pourshams, Akram
Gail, Mitchell H.
Graubard, Barry I.
Dawsey, Sanford M
Kamangar, Farin
Boffetta, Paolo
Brennan, Paul
Abnet, Christian C.
Malekzadeh, Reza
Freedman, Neal D.
Etemadi, Arash
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Cancer Institute
Article History
Received: 25 September 2024
Accepted: 22 February 2025
First Online: 5 March 2025
Declarations
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: The study protocol was approved by the ethical review committees of the U.S. National Cancer Institute (protocol number: 07CN120), the Tehran University of Medical Sciences, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). All participants provided a written informed consent. This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
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