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Review Article| Volume 34, ISSUE 1, P91-108, February 2020

The Evolving Role of Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer

  • David L. Schwartz
    Correspondence
    Corresponding author. UTHSC College of Medicine, 1265 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104.
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    Department of Radiation Oncology, UTHSC College of Medicine, 1265 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104, USA

    Department of Preventive Medicine, UTHSC College of Medicine, 1265 Union Avenue, Memphis, TN 38104, USA
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  • D. Neil Hayes
    Affiliations
    Hematology/Oncology, Department of Medicine, UTHSC College of Medicine, 19 South Manassas Street, Cancer Research Building, 324, Memphis, TN 38103, USA

    Department of Genetics/Genomics/Informatics, UTHSC College of Medicine, Memphis, TN, USA

    Department of Preventive Medicine, UTHSC College of Medicine, Memphis, TN, USA

    Department of Pathology, UTHSC College of Medicine, Memphis, TN, USA

    Department of Computational Biology, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, Memphis, TN, USA
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Published:October 15, 2019DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hoc.2019.08.019

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