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Letter to the editor: trismus, health‐related quality of life, and trismus‐related symptoms up to 5 years post‐radiotherapy for head and neck cancer treated between 2007 and 2012

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  1. Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, School of Dental Medicine, Bahcesehir University, Gayrettepe, Barbaros Blv., No:153, Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey

    Busra Yilmaz

  2. Department of Radiation Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Baskent University, Adana, Turkey

    Erkan Topkan

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Yilmaz, B., Topkan, E. Letter to the editor: trismus, health‐related quality of life, and trismus‐related symptoms up to 5 years post‐radiotherapy for head and neck cancer treated between 2007 and 2012. Support Care Cancer 31, 733 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-023-08208-1

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