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Christopher Nutting, MD, PhD, on Head and Neck Cancer: Dysphagia-Optimized vs Standard IMRT

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Christopher Nutting, MD, PhD, of the Royal Marsden Hospital and Institute of Cancer Research, discusses phase III results from the first study to demonstrate the functional benefit of swallow-sparing intensity-modulated radiotherapy in oro- and hypopharyngeal cancers (Abstract 6508).



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