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Global and health-related quality of life after intensity-modulated radiation therapy for head and neck cancer

Clayton B Hess Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA, USA
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Allen M Chen Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, CA, USA. [email protected]
Pages 1469-1477 | Published online: 10 Jan 2014

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