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Restricting carbohydrates to fight head and neck cancer—is this realistic?

Rainer J. Klement
Cancer Biology & Medicine September 2014, 11 (3) 145-161; DOI: https://doi.org/10.7497/j.issn.2095-3941.2014.03.001
Rainer J. Klement
1Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, Leopoldina Hospital, Schweinfurt 97421, Germany
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