Di Fede, Olga
Tundealao, Samuel https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1243-0564
Okuji, David
La Mantia, Gaetano
Tamí-Maury, Irene https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1404-8641
Funding for this research was provided by:
National Cancer Institute (1K22CA237639)
Article History
Received: 16 May 2025
Accepted: 9 February 2026
First Online: 26 March 2026
Declarations
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: All procedures performed in this study were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee and with the 1964 Helsinki declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. The study was approved by the Institutional Review Boards of the University of Palermo, Italy (Protocol No AGT009510) and the University of Texas Health Center at Houston, Texas, USA (Protocol No. HSC-SPH-22–0858).
: Not applicable.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants enrolled in this study.
: The authors declare no competing interests.