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Original Scientific Reports

Irradiation of the recipient site does not adversely affect successful free flap transfer in the repair of head and neck defects after salvage surgery for recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma originally treated with radiotherapy

Ming SongDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery and State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, PR China
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Wen-Kuan ChenDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery and State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, PR China
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Quan ZhangDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery and State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, PR China
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Shu-Wei ChenDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery and State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, PR China
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Shi-Min ZhuangDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery and State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, PR China
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An-Kui YangDepartment of Head and Neck Surgery and State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Guangzhou, PR ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 40-45 | Accepted 25 May 2012, Published online: 18 Jan 2013

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