International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 76, Issue 1 , Pages 164-168 , January 2010

Margin on Gross Tumor Volume and Risk of Local Recurrence in Head-and-Neck Cancer

Presented in poster form at the Annual Meeting of the American College of Radiation Oncology, February 26–28, 2009, Las Vegas, NV.

Received 20 November 2008 ,Revised 20 January 2009 ,Accepted 21 January 2009.

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 Conflict of interest: J.A.B. receives occasional honoraria from Bristol-Myers Squibb and ImClone Systems.

PII: S0360-3016(09)00133-3

doi: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.01.037

International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics
Volume 76, Issue 1 , Pages 164-168 , January 2010

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