ArticleAnnals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England2023
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on head-neck cancer referral and treatment pathway in North East London.
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- The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on time to treatment in head and neck cancer management: a systematic review.Acta oncologica (Stockholm, Sweden) · 2025Pooled it
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- The COVID-19 pandemic has not influenced survival outcomes of head and neck cancer squamous cell carcinomas in the West of Scotland: a retrospective cohort study.BJC reports · 2026Article
- Data-centric artificial intelligence and cancer research: construction of a real-world head and neck treatment data repository.ESMO real world data and digital oncology · 2025Article
- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Treatment of Head and Neck Cancers.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Shorter Time to Biopsy of Patients with Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Hungary.Cancers · 2025Article
- The impact of COVID-19 on 2020 monthly incidence trends of primary brain and other CNS tumors.Neuro-oncology · 2024Article
- Implementation of the Symptom Based Risk Calculator for Head and Neck Cancer HaNC-RC v.2 Post COVID-19 Pandemic. A Single Centre Audit.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2024Article
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- Diagnostic delay of oral squamous cell carcinoma and the fear of diagnosis: A scoping review.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
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Abstract
introductionThe COVID-19 pandemic has led to wide-ranging disruption of head-neck cancer (HNC) service provision in the UK. Early reports suggest delays in referral, diagnosis and initiation of treatment for new cancer cases compared with before the pandemic.
methodsThe HNC service was studied retrospectively for the time-periods between 1 January 2020 to 31 October 2020 (hereafter 'post-COVID') and 1 January 2019 to 31 October 2019 (hereafter 'pre-COVID'). We analysed: (1) the number of cases treated at our centre, (2) stage of disease at presentation and (3) treatment delivery times.
resultsIn the post-COVID period, the total number of HNC cases treated decreased (48 vs 56 pre-COVID). There was increase in advanced stage at presentation (58% vs 42% pre-COVID) and a significant increase in the need for airway stabilisation (13 vs 5 pre-COVID;
conclusionThe results of this study call for early referral at the primary care level and rapid radiopathological confirmation at the tertiary level to prevent delays in diagnosis of new HNC cases.
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