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Modern radiotherapy techniques versus three‐dimensional conformal radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012904Copy DOI
Database:
  1. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Version published:
  1. 13 December 2017see what's new
Type:
  1. Intervention
Stage:
  1. Protocol
Cochrane Editorial Group:
  1. Cochrane ENT Group

Copyright:
  1. Copyright © 2017 The Cochrane Collaboration. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Authors

  • Julie van der Veen

    Correspondence to: Department of Radiotherapy‐Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

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  • Annouschka Laenen

    Leuven Biostatistics and Statistical Bioinformatics Centre (L‐BioStat), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

  • Sandra Nuyts

    Department of Radiotherapy‐Oncology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Contributions of authors

Julie van der Veen: scoped, designed and wrote the protocol; will screen abstracts, extract data, screen full texts, conduct the analysis and write up the review.

Sandra Nuyts: critically revised the protocol; senior author; will screen abstracts, extract data, screen full texts and contribute to writing the review.

Annouschka Laenen: statistical support; critically revised the protocol; will give further statistical support and conduct the analysis.

Sources of support

Internal sources

  • No sources of support supplied

External sources

  • National Institute for Health Research, UK.

    Infrastructure funding for Cochrane ENT

Declarations of interest

Julie van der Veen: none known.

Sandra Nuyts: none known.

Annouschka Laenen: none known.

Acknowledgements

The Description of the condition section was written by Cochrane ENT editor Dr. Cecelia E. Schmalbach as a standard introduction to Cochrane head and neck cancer reviews and is reproduced with permission.

We also thank Trudy Bekkering from the Academic Center for General Practice, Leuven for her feedback.

This project was supported by the National Institute for Health Research, via Cochrane Infrastructure, Cochrane Programme Grant or Cochrane Incentive funding to Cochrane ENT. The views and opinions expressed therein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect those of the Systematic Reviews Programme, NIHR, NHS or the Department of Health.

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2017 Dec 13

Modern radiotherapy techniques versus three‐dimensional conformal radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

Protocol

Julie van der Veen, Annouschka Laenen, Sandra Nuyts

https://doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012904