Timing of Restaging PET/CT and Neck Dissection after Chemoradiation for Advanced Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma
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1Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 2Department of Radiation Oncology, Sandra and Malcolm Berman Cancer Institute, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 3Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 4Department of Medical Oncology, Sandra and Malcolm Berman Cancer Institute, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA 5Head and Neck Center, Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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