The molecular landscape of head and neck cancer

C. René Leemans; Peter J.F. Snijders; Ruud H. Brakenhoff

doi:10.1038/nrc.2018.11

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Head and neck cancerHead and neck squamous-cell carcinomaImmunotherapyDiseaseMedicineCancerCarcinogenesisOncologyClinical trialMalignancyCancer researchInternal medicine

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Year: 2018
Type: review
Volume: 18
Issue: 5
Pages: 269-282
Citations: 1304
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                                    C. René Leemans, 
                                
                                    Peter J.F. Snijders, 
                                
                                    Ruud H. Brakenhoff
                                
                            (2018). 
                            The molecular landscape of head and neck cancer. 
                            Nature reviews. Cancer
                            , 18
                            (5)
                            , 269-282.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nrc.2018.11

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DOI: 10.1038/nrc.2018.11