Managing head and neck cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: the experience of a tertiary referral center in southern Italy.

Francesco LongoEleonora Maria Consiglia TreccaAurelio D'EcclesiaChiara CopelliKarim TewfikAlfonso ManfusoNicola PederneschiAnnalisa MastromatteoMatteo Aldo RussoAntonio PansiniLuca M LacerenzaPier Gerardo MaranoLazzaro Cassano

Published in: Infectious agents and cancer (2021)

The COVID-19 pandemic is going to be a long-term situation with lasting effects on the public health and the entire society. Therefore, an efficient health care system has to adopt a double strategy: always being ready for a "new wave" of the pandemic and not forgetting non-COVID-19 patients, among whom head and neck cancer patients represent a priority. More than 1 year since the first outbreak in Wuhan, this review offers a unique and helpful perspective that incorporates awareness of the disease.

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