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Ranjan, Shubham https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7395-4214
Thakur, Ramna https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7253-1033
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Received: 22 August 2025
Accepted: 12 February 2026
First Online: 24 February 2026
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: Approval was granted by the Institutional Ethics Committee of Indian Institute of Technology Mandi on 12/01/2022 (REF IITM/IEC(H)/2022/RT/P1) and Homi Bhabha Cancer Hospital and Research Centre (HBCHRC) on 12/09/2022 (REF IEC/HBCH/58/22).
: Data were collected after obtaining the informed consent of the patients. Field enumerators explained the purpose of the data collection to the participants and obtained their approval before proceeding with the data collection.
: The authors affirm that human research participants provided informed consent for publication.
: The authors declare no competing interests.
