Status and strategies for the management of head and neck cancer during COVID-19 pandemic: Indian scenario.
Academic Medical Centers
Adult
COVID-19
Cancer Care Facilities
/ organization & administration
Coronavirus Infections
/ epidemiology
Disease Management
Elective Surgical Procedures
/ statistics & numerical data
Female
Head and Neck Neoplasms
/ epidemiology
Humans
India
Male
Middle Aged
Pandemics
/ prevention & control
Patient Selection
Pneumonia, Viral
/ epidemiology
Safety Management
/ methods
Surgical Oncology
/ organization & administration
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tertiary Care Centers
COVID-19
Indian scenario
head and neck cancer
pandemic
strategies for management
Journal
Head & neck
ISSN: 1097-0347
Titre abrégé: Head Neck
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8902541
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jul 2020
Jul 2020
Historique:
received:
21
04
2020
accepted:
24
04
2020
pubmed:
2
5
2020
medline:
23
7
2020
entrez:
2
5
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In India, oral cancer is the most common head and neck cancer (HNC) in men, mainly caused by the consumption of smoked and smokeless tobacco. During the current pandemic, delaying surgery for even 1 or 2 months may lead to more extensive surgery or inoperability, where only supportive care can be provided. Being semi-emergent in nature, treatment for these patients is currently on hold or delayed in most centers across the country. This study was conducted to assess the impact of COVID-19 pandemic and inability of the health system to treat HNC in a timely fashion and how surgeons are coping to this emergent situation. This article highlights the situation in India, a country burdened with one of the highest incidence rates of HNC.
Identifiants
pubmed: 32357281
doi: 10.1002/hed.26227
pmc: PMC7267542
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1460-1465Informations de copyright
© 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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