Combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy for head and neck malignancies: quality of life issues.

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Published in Cancer on February 15, 2002

Authors

Nam P Nguyen1, Sabah Sallah, Ulf Karlsson, John E Antoine

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas 75216, USA. NamPhong.Nguyen@med.va.gov

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