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Letter to the Editor re: Intra and interobserver agreement of the Dynamic Imaging Grade of Swallowing Toxicity Scale (DIGEST) in fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES): the importance of observer-tailored training

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A Letter to the Editor to this article was published on 21 April 2023

The Original Article was published on 27 January 2023

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  1. Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Section of Speech Pathology and Audiology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, 1400 Pressler St., Unit 1445, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Katherine A. Hutcheson

  2. Division of Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, USA

    Katherine A. Hutcheson

  3. Department of OHNS/Head and Neck Surgery Divisions, Stanford Cancer Center, Stanford, CA, USA

    Heather Starmer

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Hutcheson, K.A., Starmer, H. Letter to the Editor re: Intra and interobserver agreement of the Dynamic Imaging Grade of Swallowing Toxicity Scale (DIGEST) in fiberoptic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing (FEES): the importance of observer-tailored training. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol 280, 3045–3046 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-023-07902-4

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