EFFECTIVENESS BULLETIN Effective health care: management of head and neck cancers
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Correspondence to: R Collins, Centre for Reviews and Dissemination, University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK; [email protected] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . T his article is based on a recent issue of Effective Health Care which focused on the research evidence for the management of head and neck cancers. The bulletin is based on a series of systematic reviews carried out by the Centre for Reviews and Dissemination to inform service guidance for head and neck cancer. Full details are provided in ‘‘Improving Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancers – The Manual’’ published by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) and ‘‘Improving Outcomes in Head and Neck Cancers – The Research Evidence’’.
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Effective health care: management of head and neck cancers.
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تاریخ انتشار 2005