Chemotherapy in the Elderly: Translation of Hurria's Toxicity Score to Portuguese

• Main Authors: Lucíola de Barros Pontes (Author), Lessandra Chinaglia (Author), Theodora Karnakis (Author), Juliana Todaro (Author), Heloisa Veasay Rodrigues (Author), Polianna Mara Rodrigues de Souza (Author), Ludmila de Ol iveira Koch (Author), Rafael Aliosha Kaliks Guendelmann (Author), Auro del Giglio (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Brazilian Society of Geriatrics and Gerontology, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To describe the translation and transcultural adaptation of Hurria's chemotherapy toxicity score, a prediction tool to estimate chemotherapy toxicity in the elderly. METHODS: The original English version of the score was translated to Portuguese using the forward and backward transla...