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Persistence of genetically altered fields in head and neck cancer patients: biological and clinical implications.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Jun 2001
Tabor M P, Brakenhoff R H, van Houten V M, Kummer J A, Snel M H, Snijders P J, Snow G B, Leemans C R, Braakhuis B J
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In 1953, Slaughter et al. [D. P. Slaughter et al., Cancer (Phila.), 6: 963-968, 1953] proposed the concept of field cancerization in patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (HNSCC) and discussed its clinical significance for the development of second primary tumors and local re...
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