Causes and impact of delays during the COVID-19 pandemic on head and neck cancer diagnosis.
Maru GeteShao Hui HuangJolie RingashJonathan IrishJie SuYashi BallalJohn N WaldronIan WitterickJohn de AlmeidaAli HosniAndrew J HopeEric MonteiroJohn ChoBrian O'SullivanJohn KimScott BratmanDavid P GoldsteinAndrew McPartlinJillian TsaiLi TongWei XuEzra HahnPublished in: Head & neck (2024)
Patients in the Pandemic cohort had higher stage disease at diagnosis and longer intervals along the diagnostic pathway, with COVID-19 related clinician factors being the most common cause of delay.