Treatment Planning Constraints to Avoid Xerostomia in Head-and-Neck Radiotherapy: An Independent Test of QUANTEC Criteria Using a Prospectively Collected Dataset
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Quality of Life in Head and Neck Cancer Patients with Xerostomia due to Radiotherapy
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0360-3016
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.04.020