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Research Article

Depression and Anxiety Mediate the Associations between Nutritional Status, Functional Capacity, and Quality of Life in Patients with Cancer

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Pages 1783-1794 | Received 03 Apr 2023, Accepted 07 Jul 2023, Published online: 27 Jul 2023

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