Impact of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th waves of the COVID-19 pandemic on wait times in head and neck cancer: A retrospective study in a French expert center.
Résumé
Treatment delay in head and neck cancer is a major problem, with impact on survival. The COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic, evolving in waves around the world, caused diagnostic and therapeutic delays in certain cancers. The main objective of the present study was to analyze whether there was a change in wait times during three successive waves in our center.