The stage of head and neck diagnosed malignancies in COVID-19 outbreak versus before outbreak: A retrospective study.

Fatemeh Jahanshahi Mahboobe Asadi Alireza Movahedi

Published in: Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.) (2023)

In the present study, it was observed that the early symptoms of malignant head and neck tumors have been neglected by patients during COVID-19 pandemic and resulted in delayed diagnosis. This result may be explained by the fear of COVID-19 infection in patients, which discouraged them from visiting a doctor at healthcare centers.

Keyphrases

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