The authors express their gratitude to the staff at the oncology unit of King Abdallah Medical City in Makkah for their assistance in conducting the research by examining the patients and collecting data.
Author contributions
ATB: Conceptualization, Investigation, Data curation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. MMNE: Conceptualization, Investigation, Data curation, Writing—original draft, Writing—review & editing. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Conflicts of interest
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Ethical approval
This study complied with the ethical standards specified in the 1975 Declaration of Helsinki, and clearance was obtained from the medical ethics committee of the College of Medicine at Umm Al-Qura University in Makkah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Approval Number: HAPO-02-K012-2022-09-1183).
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