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The effect of COVID-19 pandemic on laryngeal cancer in a tertiary referral center

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Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 2022 Jan 15. doi: 10.1007/s00405-022-07268-z. Online ahead of print.

ABSTRACT

PURPOSE: This study aimed to evaluate whether there was a significant change in the laryngeal cancer stage before and after the COVID-19 pandemic.

METHODS: This retrospective cohort study was conducted to evaluate the data of patients who operated due to laryngeal cancer in a tertiary referral hospital's ear, nose, and throat (ENT) department between June 2018 and 2021. The patients were included at the same period of the years to rule out any seasonal changes. The basic characteristic, tumor localization, and TNM stage of the patients were compared.

RESULTS: 97 patients were operated due to laryngeal cancer during the time period reviewed. 57 (58.8%) patients were operated before and 40 (41.2%) after the COVID-19 pandemic. When comparing the patients before and after the COVID-19 pandemic period, the mean age significan tly differed between the study groups that older age was observed in patients who admitted before the COVID-19 pandemic (62.8 ± 6.5 vs. 57.3 ± 6.8, p < 0.001). Regarding the TNM classification, the patients in the after COVID-19 pandemic group had higher rates of T4 stage laryngeal cancer compared to before COVID-19 pandemic group (12 (30%) vs. 4 (7%), p: 0.003).

CONCLUSION: Younger patients have operated after the COVID-19 pandemic, and the patients were presented with larger tumor sizes. The pandemic may increase the time between diagnosis and surgery in laryngeal cancer patients.

PMID:35031859 | DOI:10. 1007/s00405-022-07268-z

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