Urbas, Anja
Ušaj, Polona
Šeruga, Boštjan
Krajc, Mateja
Hotujec, Simona
Stegel, Vida
Zaletel, Lorna Zadravec
Article History
Received: 8 February 2026
Accepted: 9 April 2026
First Online: 15 April 2026
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the National Medical Ethics Committee of the Republic of Slovenia (application no. 0120–576/2024-2711-4, January 20, 2025), the Ethics Committee of the Institute of Oncology Ljubljana (application no. ERIDEK-0088/2024, November 6, 2024), and the Committee for Scientific Review of Research Protocols (application no. ERID-KSOPR-0075/2024, October 7, 2024). The Scientific Council of the Institute of Oncology Ljubljana granted final approval (application no. ERIDNPRA-0001/2025, February 4, 2025). The study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and relevant national and institutional regulations. Consent to participate was waived by the approving ethics committees due to the retrospective and pseudonymized nature of the data.
: Not applicable. This manuscript does not contain any individual person’s data in any form.
: The authors declare no competing interests.