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in radiotherapy for head and neck cancer? Chapter 8 aims to answer all these questions in a histological study using a new 3-dimensional reconstruction technique, followed by an evaluation of imaging findings in 100 patients. The clinical relevance for head and neck radiotherapy is investigated in the last part of the chapter in a large clinical cohort of 723 patients, by looking at this region with an abundance of gland tissue as a potential organ at risk.
Comments and suggestions in letters-to-the-editor regarding this paper will addressed in a reply with support of additional investigations and results in Chapter 9. Chapter 10 summarizes the research projects reported in this thesis and Chapter 11 aims to look beyond the published papers and provides future perspectives for salivary gland (tumor) research.
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General introduction and outline of this thesis
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