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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

The management and survival outcomes of nasopharyngeal cancer in the Nordic countries*

A. MäkitieDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Helsinki and Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland; ;Division of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Department of Clinical Sciences, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; Correspondence[email protected]
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M. RuuskanenDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-4899-1881View further author information
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J. BentzenDepartment of Oncology, Herlev University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark; View further author information
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E. BrunDepartment of Oncology, Skane University Hospital, Lund University, Sweden; View further author information
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M. Gebre-MedhinDepartment of Oncology, Skane University Hospital, Lund University, Sweden; View further author information
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S. FrieslandDepartment of Oncology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; View further author information
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E. MarskDivision of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Department of Clinical Sciences, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; View further author information
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L. Hammarstedt-NordenvallDivision of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Department of Clinical Sciences, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; View further author information
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E. GilleDivision of Ear, Nose and Throat Diseases, Department of Clinical Sciences, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet and Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; View further author information
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J. ReizensteinDepartment of Oncology, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro, Sweden; View further author information
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G. AdellDepartment of Oncology, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden; View further author information
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L. FarneboDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-6722-7101View further author information
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J. RzepeckiDepartment of Oncology, Linköping University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden; View further author information
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H. HaugenDepartment of Oncology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden; View further author information
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K. SöderströmDepartment of Radiation Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; View further author information
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B. ZackrissonDepartment of Radiation Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden; View further author information
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S. BergströmDepartment of Oncology, Gävle Hospital, Gävle, Sweden; View further author information
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B. LödénDepartment of Oncology, Karlstad Hospital, Karlstad, Sweden; View further author information
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L. CederbladDepartment of Oncology, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden; View further author information
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G. LaurellDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Uppsala University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden; ORCID Iconhttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-7760-246XView further author information
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E. SmelandDepartment of Oncology, University Hospital North Norway, Tromsoe, Norway; View further author information
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J. Folkvard EvensenDepartment of Oncology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway; View further author information
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J. Å. LundDepartment of Oncology, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway; View further author information
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H. TøndelDepartment of Oncology, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway; View further author information
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Å. KarlsdottirDepartment of Oncology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway; View further author information
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J. JóhannssonDepartment of Oncology, Landspitali University Hospital, Reykjavik, Iceland; View further author information
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J. JohansenDepartment of Oncology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark; View further author information
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C. A. KristensenDepartment of Oncology, The Finsen Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark; View further author information
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K. JensenDepartment of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark; View further author information
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L. J. AndersenDepartment of Oncology, Aalborg Hospital, Aalborg, Denmark; View further author information
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P. KoivunenDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland; View further author information
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M. KorpelaDepartment of Oncology, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland; View further author information
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L. VoutilainenDepartment of Oncology, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland; View further author information
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T. WigrenDepartment of Oncology, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland; View further author information
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H. MinnDepartment of Oncology, Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; View further author information
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H. JoensuuDepartment of Oncology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; View further author information
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J. OvergaardDepartment of Experimental Clinical Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, DenmarkView further author information
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K. SaarilahtiDepartment of Oncology, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; View further author information
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Pages 557-560 | Published online: 05 Dec 2017

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