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Volume 37, Issue 3 , Pages 185-201 , May 2011

Systematic review and meta-analysis of radiotherapy in various head and neck cancers: Comparing photons, carbon-ions and protons

Bram L.T. Ramaekers
- Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), GROW, School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O. Box 1588, 6201 BN Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Corresponding author. Tel.: +31 (0) 88 44 55 798; fax: +31 (0) 88 44 55 667.
Madelon Pijls-Johannesma
- Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), GROW, School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O. Box 1588, 6201 BN Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Tel.: +31 (0) 88 44 55 666; fax: +31 (0) 88 44 55 667.
Manuela A. Joore
- Department of Health Organization, Policy and Economics (HOPE), Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Technology Assessment, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O. Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Tel.: +31 (0) 43 388 2907; fax: +31 (0) 43 367 0960.
- Tel.: +31 (0) 43 387 5559; fax: +31 (0) 43 387 4419.
Piet van den Ende
- Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), GROW, School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O. Box 1588, 6201 BN Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Tel.: +31 (0) 88 44 55 666; fax: +31 (0) 88 44 55 667.
Johannes A. Langendijk
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University Medical Center Groningen/University of Groningen, P.O. Box 30001, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
- Tel.: +31 (0) 50 361 5532; fax: +31 (0) 50 361 3672.
Philippe Lambin
- Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO), GROW, School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O. Box 1588, 6201 BN Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Tel.: +31 (0) 88 44 55 666; fax: +31 (0) 88 44 55 667.
Alfons G.H. Kessels
- Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Medical Technology Assessment, Maastricht University Medical Center, P.O. Box 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Tel.: +31 (0) 43 387 5559; fax: +31 (0) 43 387 4419.
- These authors contributed equally to this work.
Janneke P.C. Grutters
- Department of Health Organization, Policy and Economics (HOPE), Maastricht University, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Tel.: +31 (0) 43 388 2907; fax: +31 (0) 43 367 0960.
- These authors contributed equally to this work.