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Reply to: “Unmet supportive care needs among informal caregivers of patients with head and neck cancer in the first 2 years after diagnosis and treatment”

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  1. Japanese Red Cross Kyushu International College of Nursing, 1-1 Asty, Munakata, Fukuoka, 811-4157, Japan

    Kohei Kajiwara

  2. Graduate School of Medicine, Mie University, Tsu, Japan

    Jun Kako

  3. Graduate of Nursing Science, St. Luke’s International University, Chuo-Ku, Japan

    Masamitsu Kobayashi

  4. School of Medicine, Tokai University, Isehara, Japan

    Teppei Yamashita

  5. School of Nursing, Aichi Medical University, Nagakute, Japan

    Makoto Yamanaka

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Kohei Kajiwara, Jun Kako, Masamitsu Kobayashi, Teppei Yamashita and Makoto Yamanaka were responsible for the study conception and design. The first draft of the manuscript was written by Kohei Kajiwara and all authors commented on previous versions of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Kajiwara, K., Kako, J., Kobayashi, M. et al. Reply to: “Unmet supportive care needs among informal caregivers of patients with head and neck cancer in the first 2 years after diagnosis and treatment”. Support Care Cancer 31, 359 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-023-07834-z

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