1. Pulmonology Department, Francisco Gentil Portuguese Institute of Oncology of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
2. Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal.
3. Oncological Registry, Francisco Gentil Portuguese Institute of Oncology of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
4. Pulmonology Department, Hospital Beatriz Ângelo, Loures, Portugal.
5. RISE-Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, Covilhã, Portugal.
6. CICS-UBI - Health Sciences Research Centre and UBIAir - Clinical & Experimental Lung Centre, University of Beira Interior, Medical School Campus, Covilhã, Portugal.
7. Department of Pathological Anatomy, Coimbra Local Health Unit, Coimbra, Portugal.
8. Research Centre for Environment, Genetics and Oncobiology - CIMAGO - Faculty of Medicine, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.
9. Pulmonology Department, University Hospital of Salamanca, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
10. IBSAL - Institute of Biomedical Investigation of Salamanca, Complejo Asistencial Universitario de Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain.
Submitted: 12 August 2025.
Accepted: 29 August 2025.
Study carried out at the Department of Pulmonology, Francisco Gentil Portuguese Institute of Oncology of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal.

Corresponding author:
Luís Vaz Rodrigues. Department of Pulmonology; Francisco Gentil Portuguese Institute of Oncology of Coimbra, Av. Bissaya Barreto 98, 3000-075, Coimbra, Portugal. Telephone: +351966908728. E-mail: luis.vaz.rodrigues@gmail.com.
Financial support: No funding was received for this study.
Conflicts of interest: None to declare.