[HTML][HTML] Thyroid surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: results from a systematic review

L Scappaticcio, MI Maiorino, S Iorio… - Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
Purpose During the COVID-19 pandemic, elective thyroid surgery is experiencing delays.
The problem is that the COVID-19 pandemic is ongoing. The research purposes were to …

[HTML][HTML] Charting the unknown association of COVID-19 with thyroid cancer, focusing on differentiated thyroid cancer: a call for caution

MV Deligiorgi, G Siasos, L Vakkas, DT Trafalis - Cancers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Leveraging lessons learned from the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-
19) pandemic, resilient health systems focus on the preservation of the continuum of care of …

Impact of COVID-19 on presentation, staging, and treatment of head and neck mucosal squamous cell carcinoma

MN Stevens, A Patro, B Rahman, Y Gao, D Liu… - American Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objectives During the COVID-19 pandemic, maintenance of safe and timely oncologic care
has been challenging. The goal of this study is to compare presenting symptoms, staging …

UK Head and neck cancer surgical capacity during the second wave of the COVID—19 pandemic: Have we learned the lessons? COVIDSurg collaborative

R Shaw, COVIDSurg Collaborative… - Clinical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences in surgical capacity for head
and neck cancer in the UK between the first wave (March‐June 2020) and the current wave …

[HTML][HTML] Head and neck cancer presentations in the emergency department during the COVID-19 pandemic

H Stringer, N Mohammad, S Mumtaz, D Komath - British Dental Journal, 2022 - nature.com
Introduction It is not uncommon to note patients with painful orofacial lesions presenting via
the emergency department to the on-call team. However, during the COVID-19 pandemic …

Introduction of a novel telescopic pathway to streamline 2‐week‐wait suspected head and neck cancer referrals and improve efficiency: A prospective service …

C Metcalfe, M Dogan, N Glazzard… - Laryngoscope …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives This study summarizes the introduction of a novel telescopic pathway, which
streamlines 2‐week‐wait suspected head and neck cancer referrals to our unit, describes …

Shielding, hospital admission and mortality among 1216 people with total laryngectomy in the UK during the COVID‐19 pandemic: A cross‐sectional survey from the …

R Govender, K Behenna, G Brady… - … Journal of Language …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background People with a total laryngectomy (PTL) rely on a permanent opening in their
neck (stoma) to breathe. This altered anatomy may increase susceptibility to contracting and …

[HTML][HTML] Thyroid surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic: difficulties–how to improve

CK Stefanou, G Papathanakos, SK Stefanou… - Innovative Surgical …, 2022 - degruyter.com
In December 2019, the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by
the World Health Organization after rapidly spreading over the world in just a few months. All …

UK consensus recommendations on the management of oral epithelial dysplasia during COVID-19 pandemic outbreaks

CE McCarthy, S Fedele, M Ho, R Shaw - Oral oncology, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Objectives Oral Epithelial Dysplasia (OED) is associated with an increased risk of
oral cancer development. The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic is necessitating the suspension or …

[HTML][HTML] Radical cancer treatment is safe during COVID-19: the real-world experience of a large London-based Comprehensive Cancer Centre during the first wave

B Russell, C Moss, M Monroy-Iglesias… - British journal of …, 2022 - nature.com
Background During the COVID pandemic, there was a paucity of data to support clinical
decision-making for anticancer treatments. We evaluated the safety of radical treatments …