Strategies to promote translational research within the European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) Head and Neck Cancer Group: a report from the Translational Research Subcommittee.

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Published in Ann Oncol on March 19, 2010

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A Psyrri1, L Licitra, D Lacombe, E Schuuring, W Budach, M Ozsahin, R Knecht, J B Vermorken, J A Langendijk

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1: Second Department of Internal Medicine, Propaedeutic, University of Athens Medical School, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece. psyrri237@yahoo.com

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