From the ∗Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Springfield, IL
†Department of Biostatistics
‡Center for Statistical Sciences, Brown University School of Public Health, Providence, RI
§Department of Medicine, University of Otago Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
∥Department of Radiology, Duke University, Durham, NC
¶Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.
Received for publication August 9, 2022; revision accepted October 1, 2022.
Conflicts of interest and sources of funding: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest. This study was supported by the National Cancer Institute through grants no.U01 CA079778, U01 CA080098, CA180820, and CA180794. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the US government.
Clinical Trials Number: NCT00983697, ORCID ID (B.C.S.): 000-0003-2896-1615.
Author contributions: V.J.L., F.D., R.M.S., J.D.S., and B.C.S. contributed to the conception and design; J.D.S. and B.C.S. contributed to the administrative support; V.J.L., F.D., J.D.S., and B.C.S. contributed to the collection and assembly of data; and V.J.L., F.D., and J.R. contributed to the data analysis and interpretation.
All authors contributed to the manuscript writing, final approval of manuscript, and accountable for all aspects of the work.
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Correspondence to: Brendan C. Stack, Jr, MD, FACS, FACE, Department of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery, Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, PO Box 19662, Springfield, IL 62794-9662. E-mail: [email protected].
