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Oncology

Efficacy and safety of nivolumab in 100 patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer – a retrospective multicentre study

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Pages 918-925 | Received 02 May 2019, Accepted 12 Jul 2019, Published online: 28 Aug 2019

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