Publications by authors named "Andressa M Machado"

Background & Aims: The Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition (GLIM) criteria have been recommended for the diagnosis of malnutrition. It requires that the patient meets at least one phenotypic criterion and at least one aetiological criterion. For the latter, the patient must either demonstrate reduced food intake or have evidence of systemic inflammation.

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Introduction: Instruments to manage adverse effects of endocrine therapy with Aromatase inhibitors (AI) may improve adherence and persistence to treatment and Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQL). The 31-item Cervantes Scale (CS-31) is an HRQL questionnaire with particularities of the perimenopausal and postmenopausal period that could be an appropriate instrument to assess HRQL in Breast Cancer (BC) survivors.

Objective: This study aimed to perform additional validation of the CS-31 for BC survivors undergoing adjuvant endocrine therapy.

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