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Comment on “Sarcopenia is a prognostic factor for overall survival in elderly patients with head-and-neck cancer”

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  1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, İstanbul Sancaktepe Şehit Prof. Dr. İlhan Varank Training and Research Hospital, Emek Mahallesi, Namık Kemal Cad. No:54, Sancaktepe, 34785, Istanbul, Turkey

    Vildan Binay Safer

  2. Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Department, Ege University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey

    Sibel Eyigör

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Binay Safer, V., Eyigör, S. Comment on “Sarcopenia is a prognostic factor for overall survival in elderly patients with head-and-neck cancer”. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 276, 2629–2630 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-019-05491-9

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