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  1. Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

    Leanne K. Jackson, Douglas B. Johnson, Jeffrey A. Sosman & Barbara A. Murphy

  2. Oral Medicine Services, Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, City of Hope National Medical Center, Duarte, LA, USA

    Joel B. Epstein

  3. Samuel Oschin Comprehensive Cancer Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Joel B. Epstein

  4. 9402 The Vanderbilt Clinic, Nashville, TN, 37232-5616, USA

    Leanne K. Jackson

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Jackson, L.K., Johnson, D.B., Sosman, J.A. et al. Oral health in oncology: impact of immunotherapy. Support Care Cancer 23, 1–3 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-014-2434-6

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