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  1. Abstract: Severe Dry Eye Syndrome After Radiotherapy for Head-and-Neck Tumors.

    Severe Dry Eye Syndrome After Radiotherapy for Head-and-Neck Tumors.

    PURPOSE:
    To investigate the incidence of severe dry eye syndrome (DES) after external beam radiotherapy for head-and-neck cancer and its dependence on the parameters relevant to external beam radiotherapy.

    METHODS AND MATERIALS:
    The present retrospective study included 78 patients treated for primary extracranial head-and-neck tumors between 1965 and 2000, whose lacrimal apparatus/entire
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