Hyperfractionated or accelerated radiotherapy in head and neck cancer: a meta-analysis

@article{Bourhis2006HyperfractionatedOA,
  title={Hyperfractionated or accelerated radiotherapy in head and neck cancer: a meta-analysis},
  author={Jean Bourhis and Jens Overgaard and H{\'e}l{\`e}ne Audry and Kian K. Ang and Mi Saunders and Jacques Bernier and Jean Claude Horiot and Aur{\'e}lie Le Ma{\^i}tre and Thomas F. Pajak and Michael Poulsen and Brian O'Sullivan and Werner Dobrowsky and Andrzej Hliniak and Krzysztof Składowski and John H. Hay and Luiz H. J. Pinto and Carlo Fallai and Karen K. Fu and Richard J. Sylvester and Jean Pierre Pignon},
  journal={The Lancet},
  year={2006},
  volume={368},
  pages={843-854}
}
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