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Patient assessed symptoms are poor predictors of objective findings. Results from a cross sectional study in patients treated with radiotherapy for pharyngeal cancer

Kenneth Jensen Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, DenmarkCorrespondence[email protected]
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Karin Lambertsen Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Peter Torkov Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Martin Dahl Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Anders Bonde Jensen Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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Cai Grau Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
Pages 1159-1168 | Received 21 Mar 2007, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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