Early nutritional intervention improves treatment tolerance and outcomes in head and neck cancer patients undergoing concurrent chemoradiotherapy
- 30 August 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Supportive Care in Cancer
- Vol. 18 (7), 837-845
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-009-0717-0
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