Objective To quantify the association of cancer treatment delay and mortality for each four
week increase in delay to inform cancer treatment pathways. Design Systematic review and …

The COVID‐19 pandemic has placed an extraordinary demand on the United States health
care system. Many institutions have canceled elective and non‐urgent procedures to …

Importance Lip, oral, and pharyngeal cancers are important contributors to cancer burden
worldwide, and a comprehensive evaluation of their burden globally, regionally, and …

Importance Resource limitations because of pandemic or other stresses on infrastructure
necessitate the triage of time-sensitive care, including cancer treatments. Optimal time to …

Purpose: HPV-associated head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HPV+ HNSCC) is the
most common HPV-associated malignancy in the United States and continues to increase in …

Background Due to COVID‐19, diagnostic delays and a surge of advanced head and neck
cancer (HNC) is anticipated. We hereby evaluate patient and tumor characteristics before …

Background The COVID-19 pandemic has required triage and delays in surgical care
throughout the world. The impact of these surgical delays on survival for patients with head …

Purpose Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on healthcare is huge. We intended to demonstrate
how COVID-19 pandemic affected primary head and neck oncology patient's referral and …

Oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma (OCSCC) is a prevalent surgically treated subset of
head and neck cancer with frequent recurrence and poor survival. Immunotherapy has …

Importance Delay in time to treatment initiation (TTI) can alter survival and oncologic
outcomes. There is a need to characterize these consequences and identify risk factors and …