Habay, Jelle https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9802-8367
Arauz, Y. Laurisa Arenales https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2637-3510
Bian, Chao https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0451-7459
De Pauw, Kevin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6901-7199
Pattyn, Nathalie https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2690-5479
Roelands, Bart https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2808-044X
Van Cutsem, Jeroen https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6122-7629
Funding for this research was provided by:
Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek (11J6323N)
Royal Higher Institute for Defense (HFM 24-04)
Article History
Received: 30 September 2025
Accepted: 25 June 2026
First Online: 17 July 2026
Declarations
Ethics Approval and Consent to Participate: The present study protocol and its procedures were approved by the Medical Ethics Committee of the UZ Brussel and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium (B.U.N. 1432022000084) in accordance with the declaration of Helsinki. All participants provided written informed consent to participate in the study. Jelle Habay, Y. Laurisa Arenales Arauz, Chao Bian, Kevin De Pauw, Nathalie Pattyn, Jeroen Van Cutsem and Bart Roelands declare that the investigation and its reporting comply with all ethical standards.
Consent for Publication: Not applicable.
Competing Interests: Jelle Habay, Y. Laurisa Arenales Arauz, Chao Bian, Kevin De Pauw, Nathalie Pattyn, Jeroen Van Cutsem and Bart Roelands have no conflicts of interest relevant to the content of this article.