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Research Article

Aspiration as a late complication after accelerated versus conventional radiotherapy in patients with head and neck cancer

Ulrika LindblomDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Oncology and Radiation Physics, Lund University, Sweden; ;Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Kirkenes Hospital, Norway;
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Per NilssonDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Oncology and Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Sweden;
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Ola GärskogDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Otorhinolaryngology, Umeå University, Sweden;
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Elisabeth KjellenDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Oncology and Radiation Physics, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Sweden;
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Göran LaurellDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Otorhinolaryngology, Umeå University, Sweden; ;Department of Surgical Sciences, Otorhinolaryngology, Uppsala University, Sweden;
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Peter WahlbergDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Otorhinolaryngology, Skåne University Hospital, Lund University, Sweden;
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Björn ZackrissonDepartment of Radiation Sciences, Oncology, Umeå University, Sweden;
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Eva Levring JäghagenDepartment of Odontology, Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Umeå University, SwedenCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 304-311 | Received 09 Sep 2015, Accepted 22 Oct 2015, Published online: 12 Jan 2016

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