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Response Letter to Correspondence: Methodological considerations in evaluating sarcopenia and frailty in elderly gastrointestinal cancer patients

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  1. Graduate Program in Nutrition, Health Sciences Centre, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

    Iasmin Matias Sousa & Ana Paula Trussardi Fayh

  2. Graduate Program in Health Sciences, Health Sciences Centre, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

    Iasmin Matias Sousa & Ana Paula Trussardi Fayh

  3. Nutrition Science Graduate Program of Federal, University of Health Science of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil

    Flávia Moraes Silva

  4. Department of Nutrition, Nutrition Science Graduate Program, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil

    Flávia Moraes Silva

  5. Centre for Translational Medicine, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

    Isabel Pinto Amorim das Virgens

  6. ExCE Research Group, Department of Physical Education, Federal University of Rio Grande Do Norte, Natal, RN, Brazil

    Eduardo Caldas Costa

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I.M.S., F.M.S., I.P.A.M., E.C.C., and A.P.T.F. contributed to the study's conception and design. A.P.T.F. and E.C.C. performed material preparation, data analysis, and the first draft of the manuscript. All authors reviewed and approved the manuscript.

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Correspondence to Ana Paula Trussardi Fayh.

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Sousa, I.M., Silva, F.M., das Virgens, I.P.A. et al. Response Letter to Correspondence: Methodological considerations in evaluating sarcopenia and frailty in elderly gastrointestinal cancer patients. Support Care Cancer 32, 255 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-024-08455-w

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