Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Patterns of Care and Outcome of Head and Neck Cancer: Real-World Experience From a Tertiary Care Cancer Center in India.
Jeyaanth VenkatasaiChristopher JohnSatish Srinivas KondavettiMallika AppasamyLakshminarasimhan ParasuramanRavichandran AmbalathandiHemavathi MasilamaniPublished in: JCO global oncology (2022)
Our study elucidates the adverse impact of the COVID-19 curfew on cancer care and has demonstrated safe delivery of RT for HNSCC without major acute adverse effects. Despite a significant increase in treatment breaks, early outcome data also suggest that 1-year progression-free survival and overall survival are comparable with that of the pre-COVID-19 times; however, longer follow-up is warranted.
Keyphrases
- free survival
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- tertiary care
- healthcare
- liver failure
- papillary thyroid
- palliative care
- electronic health record
- quality improvement
- emergency department
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- drug induced
- respiratory failure
- squamous cell
- big data
- pain management
- intensive care unit
- chronic pain
- artificial intelligence
- combination therapy
- hepatitis b virus
- mechanical ventilation