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Recommendations for head and neck surgical oncology practice in a setting of acute severe resource constraint during the COVID-19 pandemic: an international consensus

2020; Elsevier BV; Volume: 21; Issue: 7 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s1470-2045(20)30334-x

1474-5488

Hisham Mehanna, John Hardman, Jared A. Shenson, Ahmad K. Abou‐Foul, Michael C. Topf, Mohammad AlFalasi, Jason Y. K. Chan, Pankaj Chaturvedi, Velda Ling Yu Chow, Andreas Dietz, Johannes J. Fagan, Christian Godballe, Wojciech Golusiński, Akihiro Homma, Şefik Hoşal, N. Gopalakrishna Iyer, Cyrus Kerawala, Yoon Woo Koh, Anna Konney, Luiz Paulo Kowalski, Dennis H. Kraus, Moni Abraham Kuriakose, Efthymios Kyrodimos, Stephen Y. Lai, C. René Leemans, Paul Lennon, Lisa Licitra, Pei‐Jen Lou, Bernard Lyons, H. Mirghani, Anthony C. Nichols, Vinidh Paleri, Benedict Panizza, Pablo Parente Arias, Mihir R. Patel, Cesare Piazza, Danny Rischin, Álvaro Sanabria, Robert P. Takes, David Thomson, Ravindra Uppaluri, Yu Wang, Sue S. Yom, Yi-ming Zhu, Sandro Porceddu, John R. de Almeida, Chrisian Simon, F. Christopher Holsinger,

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The speed and scale of the global COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented pressures on health services worldwide, requiring new methods of service delivery during the health crisis. In the setting of severe resource constraint and high risk of infection to patients and clinicians, there is an urgent need to identify consensus statements on head and neck surgical oncology practice. We completed a modified Delphi consensus process of three rounds with 40 international experts in head and neck cancer surgical, radiation, and medical oncology, representing 35 international professional societies and national clinical trial groups. Endorsed by 39 societies and professional bodies, these consensus practice recommendations aim to decrease inconsistency of practice, reduce uncertainty in care, and provide reassurance for clinicians worldwide for head and neck surgical oncology in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and in the setting of acute severe resource constraint and high risk of infection to patients and staff.