Article History
Received: 30 November 2022
Accepted: 28 August 2023
First Online: 11 September 2023
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the institutional review committee (IRB), number 20192027.4, from NCI, Cairo University, Egypt, ID number PO2004-40707. Patient consent was waived.
: Not applicable.
: Dr Ehab Khalil and Dr Emad Ebeid are co-authors of this study and Associate Editors for the journal. They were not involved in handling this manuscript during the submission and review processes. The rest of the authors have no conflict of interest to declare.