About the Authors

Robson Aparecido dos Santos Boni

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Barretos School of Health Sciences, Dr. Paulo Prata, Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil, Research Group on Palliative Care and Health-Related Quality of Life (GPQual) –Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil

Carlos Eduardo Paiva

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Research Group on Palliative Care and Health-Related Quality of Life (GPQual) –Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil, Teaching and Research Institute, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil, Department of Clinical Oncology – Breast and Gynecology Division, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil

Marco Antonio de Oliveira

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Research Group on Palliative Care and Health-Related Quality of Life (GPQual) –Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil

Giancarlo Lucchetti

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Research Group on Palliative Care and Health-Related Quality of Life (GPQual) –Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil, School of Medicine, Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

José Humberto Tavares Guerreiro Fregnani

Roles Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Research Group on Palliative Care and Health-Related Quality of Life (GPQual) –Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil, Teaching and Research Institute, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil

Bianca Sakamoto Ribeiro Paiva

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

bsrpaiva@gmail.com

Affiliations Research Group on Palliative Care and Health-Related Quality of Life (GPQual) –Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil, Teaching and Research Institute, Barretos Cancer Hospital, Barretos, São Paulo, Brazil

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.