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Department of Otolaryngology, University of Kansas Medical Center, and University of Kansas Cancer Center’s CCSG (1-P30-CA168524-02) were the funding sources.

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Lu, G.N., Kakarala, K., Thomas, S.M. (2014). Head and Neck Cancer. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27841-9_6705-1

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