Emergency changes in international guidelines on treatment for head and neck cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

Aline Lauda Freitas Chaves¹, Ana Ferreira Castro², Gustavo Nader Marta³, Gilberto Castro Junior⁴, Robert L Ferris⁵, Raúl Eduardo Giglio⁶, Wojciech Golusinski⁷, Philippe Gorphe⁸, Sefik Hosal⁹, C René Leemans¹⁰, Nicolas Magné¹¹, Hisham Mehanna¹², Ricard Mesía¹³, Eduardo Netto¹⁴, Amanda Psyrri¹⁵, Assuntina G Sacco¹⁶, Jatin Shah¹⁷, Christian Simon¹⁸, Jan B Vermorken¹⁹, Luiz Paulo Kowalski²⁰

Affiliations

¹ DOM Oncologia, Brazilian Group of Head and Neck Cancer/Latin American Cooperative Group - Head and Neck, Divinópolis, Brazil. Electronic address: aline@domoncologia.com.br.
² Lenitudes Medical Center & Research, Chair of Portuguese Group of Head and Neck Cancer - GECCP, Portugal. Electronic address: ana.castro@lenitudes.pt.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil; Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology and Oncology, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil; Brazilian Group of Head and Neck Cancer/Latin American Cooperative Group - Head and Neck, Brazil. Electronic address: gustavo.marta@hc.fm.usp.br.
⁴ Brazilian Group of Head and Neck Cancer/Latin American Cooperative Group - Head and Neck, Brazil; Department of Clinical Oncology, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil; Division of Clinical Oncology, Department of Radiology and Oncology, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: gilberto.castro@usp.br.
⁵ UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Hillman Professor of Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA. Electronic address: ferrrl@upmc.edu.
⁶ Unidad Funcional de Tumore de Cabeza y Cuello, Instituto de Oncología Ángel H. Roffo, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁷ Chair of the Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, The Greater Poland Cancer Centre, Poznan, European Head and Neck Society, Polish Head and Neck Society, Poland. Electronic address: wgolus@ump.edu.pl.
⁸ Chief of Head and Neck Surgery Service, Head and Neck Oncology Department, Institute Gustave Roussy, Villejuif - Cancer Campus Grand-Paris, Intergroupe National ORL, GORTEC-GETTEC-GERCOR-Unicancer H&N-REFCOR, France. Electronic address: Philippe.GORPHE@gustaveroussy.fr.
⁹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Atilim University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: shosal@ada.net.tr.
¹⁰ Department of Otolaryngology, European Head and Neck Surgery, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam University Medical Centre's, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address: cr.leemans@amsterdamumc.nl.
¹¹ Chef du Département de Radiothérapie, Directeur de la Recherche et de l'Innovation, Coordonnateur Régional du DES d'Oncologie, Institut de Cancérologie Lucien Neuwirth, Saint-Priest en Jarez, France. Electronic address: nicolas.magne@icloire.fr.
¹² Institute of Head & Neck Studies and Education (InHANSE), University of Birmingham, UK. Electronic address: h.mehanna@bham.ac.uk.
¹³ Medical Oncology Department. Catalan Institut of Oncology, Badalona. B-ARGO group, IGTP, Badalona, Spain. Electronic address: rmesia@iconcologia.net.
¹⁴ Radiation Oncology Department, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, EPE, Lisbon, Portugal. Electronic address: enetto@ipolisboa.min-saude.pt.
¹⁵ National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: dpsyrri@med.uoa.gr.
¹⁶ Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of California San Diego Health, Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA, USA. Electronic address: agsacco@health.ucsd.edu.
¹⁷ Head and Neck Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: shahj@mskcc.org.
¹⁸ Service d'Oto-rhino-laryngologie - chirurgie cervico-faciale, CHUV, UNIL, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: Christian.Simon@chuv.ch.
¹⁹ Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium. Electronic address: JanB.Vermorken@uza.be.
²⁰ Brazilian Group of Head and Neck Cancer/Latin American Cooperative Group - Head and Neck, Brazil; Head and Neck Surgery Department, University of São Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Head and Neck Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology Department, A C Camargo Cancer Center, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: lp_kowalski@uol.com.br.

PMID: 32353793
PMCID: PMC7180373
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104734

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Emergency changes in international guidelines on treatment for head and neck cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic

Aline Lauda Freitas Chaves et al. Oral Oncol. 2020 Aug.

. 2020 Aug:107:104734.

doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104734. Epub 2020 Apr 24.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ DOM Oncologia, Brazilian Group of Head and Neck Cancer/Latin American Cooperative Group - Head and Neck, Divinópolis, Brazil. Electronic address: aline@domoncologia.com.br.
² Lenitudes Medical Center & Research, Chair of Portuguese Group of Head and Neck Cancer - GECCP, Portugal. Electronic address: ana.castro@lenitudes.pt.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil; Division of Radiation Oncology, Department of Radiology and Oncology, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil; Brazilian Group of Head and Neck Cancer/Latin American Cooperative Group - Head and Neck, Brazil. Electronic address: gustavo.marta@hc.fm.usp.br.
⁴ Brazilian Group of Head and Neck Cancer/Latin American Cooperative Group - Head and Neck, Brazil; Department of Clinical Oncology, Hospital Sírio-Libanês, São Paulo, Brazil; Division of Clinical Oncology, Department of Radiology and Oncology, Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: gilberto.castro@usp.br.
⁵ UPMC Hillman Cancer Center, Hillman Professor of Oncology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, USA. Electronic address: ferrrl@upmc.edu.
⁶ Unidad Funcional de Tumore de Cabeza y Cuello, Instituto de Oncología Ángel H. Roffo, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina.
⁷ Chair of the Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, The Greater Poland Cancer Centre, Poznan, European Head and Neck Society, Polish Head and Neck Society, Poland. Electronic address: wgolus@ump.edu.pl.
⁸ Chief of Head and Neck Surgery Service, Head and Neck Oncology Department, Institute Gustave Roussy, Villejuif - Cancer Campus Grand-Paris, Intergroupe National ORL, GORTEC-GETTEC-GERCOR-Unicancer H&N-REFCOR, France. Electronic address: Philippe.GORPHE@gustaveroussy.fr.
⁹ Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery Atilim University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey. Electronic address: shosal@ada.net.tr.
¹⁰ Department of Otolaryngology, European Head and Neck Surgery, Cancer Center Amsterdam, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam University Medical Centre's, VU University, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Electronic address: cr.leemans@amsterdamumc.nl.
¹¹ Chef du Département de Radiothérapie, Directeur de la Recherche et de l'Innovation, Coordonnateur Régional du DES d'Oncologie, Institut de Cancérologie Lucien Neuwirth, Saint-Priest en Jarez, France. Electronic address: nicolas.magne@icloire.fr.
¹² Institute of Head & Neck Studies and Education (InHANSE), University of Birmingham, UK. Electronic address: h.mehanna@bham.ac.uk.
¹³ Medical Oncology Department. Catalan Institut of Oncology, Badalona. B-ARGO group, IGTP, Badalona, Spain. Electronic address: rmesia@iconcologia.net.
¹⁴ Radiation Oncology Department, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa Francisco Gentil, EPE, Lisbon, Portugal. Electronic address: enetto@ipolisboa.min-saude.pt.
¹⁵ National Kapodistrian University of Athens, Attikon University Hospital, Athens, Greece. Electronic address: dpsyrri@med.uoa.gr.
¹⁶ Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology, University of California San Diego Health, Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, CA, USA. Electronic address: agsacco@health.ucsd.edu.
¹⁷ Head and Neck Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies, New York, NY 10065, USA. Electronic address: shahj@mskcc.org.
¹⁸ Service d'Oto-rhino-laryngologie - chirurgie cervico-faciale, CHUV, UNIL, Lausanne, Switzerland. Electronic address: Christian.Simon@chuv.ch.
¹⁹ Department of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium. Electronic address: JanB.Vermorken@uza.be.
²⁰ Brazilian Group of Head and Neck Cancer/Latin American Cooperative Group - Head and Neck, Brazil; Head and Neck Surgery Department, University of São Paulo Medical School, Sao Paulo, Brazil; Head and Neck Surgery and Otorhinolaryngology Department, A C Camargo Cancer Center, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: lp_kowalski@uol.com.br.

PMID: 32353793
PMCID: PMC7180373
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.104734

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Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Comprehensive oral cancer care protocols during COVID-19 in an institutional setting.
Varma SR, Jaber M, Amjed Alsaegh M. Varma SR, et al. Oral Dis. 2022 Apr;28 Suppl 1:986-987. doi: 10.1111/odi.13627. Epub 2020 Sep 22. Oral Dis. 2022. PMID: 32881187 No abstract available.

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