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dos Santos Dantas, Madson Caio https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8263-7731
da Nóbrega Tomaz Moreira, Simone https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7820-130X
Leite Pinto, Francisco Edilson Jr https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3073-9020
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Funding for this research was provided by:
Universidade Federal Do Rio Grande Do Norte
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Article History
Received: 15 April 2026
Accepted: 6 May 2026
First Online: 15 May 2026
Declarations
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: The study was approved by the Research Ethics Committee of Liga Contra o Câncer do Rio Grande do Norte (approved May 13, 2020, CAAE: 31441720.1.0000.5293), in accordance with the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments.
: Written informed consent was obtained from all participants.
: Participants provided consent for publication of anonymized data.
: The authors have no competing interests to declare.
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