Tu, Cui
Tan, Chin Wee
Monkman, James
Almeida, Ana Clara
Antonio-Carreon, Gabrielle
Omer, Natacha
Hull, Giaan
Chung, Kimberly
Mehdi, Ahmed M.
Salerno, Antonietta
Vittorio, Orazio
Mayer, Aaron
Machado-Souza, Cleber
Jayabalan, Nanthini
Toh, Yi-Chin
Hon, Hui Nee
de Almeida Brehm Pinhatti, Fernanda
Elifio-Esposito, Selene
Nicholls, Wayne
de Noronha, Lucia
Kulasinghe, Arutha
Souza-Fonseca-Guimaraes, Fernando
Funding for this research was provided by:
MRFF (#2019485)
MRFF (#2019485)
MRFF (#2019485)
MRFF (#2019485)
MRFF (#2019485)
MRFF (#2019485)
Article History
Received: 13 September 2025
Accepted: 5 March 2026
First Online: 31 March 2026
Declarations
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: The study was approved by The University of Queensland Human Research Ethics Committee (2023/HE000027) and the institutional ethics committee of the Associação Hospitalar de Proteção à Infância Dr. Raul Carneiro (Hospital Pequeno Príncipe, Curitiba, Brazil) (Parecer No. 5.918.107; CAAE 80073124.9.3001.0097/2025). The requirement for informed consent was waived by the institutional ethics committee, as this study utilized de-identified archival formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue samples from the institutional biobank with no direct patient contact, in accordance with Brazilian National Health Council Resolution 466/12. This study was conducted in accordance with the principles of the Declaration of Helsinki.
: Not applicable.
: FSFG is a Board Member of Cure Cancer Australia Foundation and member of the Scientific Advisory Committee of ANZSA. WN is a member of the board of directors of ANZSA. Authors AM is the CSO and Co-Founder of Enable Medicine. AK is on the Scientific Advisory Board for Omapix Solutions, Predxbio, Molecular Instruments, and Visiopharm. Sanofi TSH, Microba Life Sciences, and Cartherics sponsor research in the laboratory of F.S.F.G. None of these companies have a commercial, proprietary, or financial interest in this study. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.