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Head and Neck Cancers
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Radiation Oncology
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Porphyria
Is it safe to offer head and neck radiotherapy to a patient with a diagnosis of porphyria such as erythropoietic protoporphyria or porphyria cutanea tarda?
Answer from: Radiation Oncologist at Academic Institution
Gunn et al., PMID 19536857.
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