Reply to E. Topkan et al

Erin E Watson1, Katrina Hueniken1, Junhyung Lee1

  • 1Erin E. Watson, DMD, MSHc Department of Dental Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada and Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Katrina Hueniken, MSc Department of Biostatistics, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Junhyung Lee, DDS Department of Dental Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada, Sophie H. Huang, MD, MSc, MRT(T) Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Amr El Maghrabi, DDS Department of Dental Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Toronto, Canada, Wei Xu, PhD Department of Biostatistics, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada, Amy C. Moreno, MD MD Anderson Cancer Centre, Houston, TX, C. Jillian Tsai, MD, PhD Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Ezra Hahn, MD Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Andrew J. McPartlin, MD Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Christopher M.K.L. Yao, MD Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University Health Network/University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, David P. Goldstein, MD Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University Health Network/University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, John R. De Almeida, MD Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University Health Network/University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada and Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, John N. Waldon, MD Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Clifton D. Fuller, MD MD Anderson Cancer Center, The University of Texas, Houston, TX, Andrew J. Hope, MD, PhD Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Salvatore L. Ruggiero, DMD, MD Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY and Hofstra North Shore-LIJ School of Medicine, Uniondale, NY, Michael Glogauer, DDS, PhD Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, and Ali Hosni, MD, MSc, PhD Department of Radiation Oncology, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre/University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

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