About the Authors

Heba Mohammed Arafat

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

hebaarafat4@hotmail.com, hebaarafat@usm.my (HMA); damitri@usm.my (TAdA-A)

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

Akbar Ali

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

Tengku Ahmad Damitri Al Astani Tengku Din

Roles Supervision, Writing – original draft

hebaarafat4@hotmail.com, hebaarafat@usm.my (HMA); damitri@usm.my (TAdA-A)

Affiliations Department of Chemical Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia, Breast Cancer Awareness and Research Unit, Hospital Pakar Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

Ohood Mohammed Shamallakh

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Islamic University of Gaza, Gaza City, Palestine

Rashid Jusoh

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, Health Campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

Maya Mazuwin Yahya

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Breast Cancer Awareness and Research Unit, Hospital Pakar Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia, Department of Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

Wan Zainira Wan Zain

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Breast Cancer Awareness and Research Unit, Hospital Pakar Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia, Department of Surgery, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

Wan Faiziah Wan Abdul Rahman

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Breast Cancer Awareness and Research Unit, Hospital Pakar Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia, Department of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Health Campus, Kubang Kerian, Kelantan, Malaysia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.