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Original Articles: Head and Neck Cancer

Associations between skin rash, treatment outcome, and single nucleotide polymorphisms in head and neck cancer patients receiving the EGFR-inhibitor zalutumumab: results from the DAHANCA 19 trial

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Pages 1159-1164 | Received 01 May 2017, Accepted 06 Apr 2018, Published online: 17 May 2018

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