Covid-19 pandemic: A new contributing factor to diagnostic and treatment delay in oral cancer patients

Pablo Varela-Centelles¹, Juan Seoane², Arturo Bilbao³, Juan Seoane-Romero⁴

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¹ CS Praza do Ferrol, EOXI Lugo, Cervo, e Monforte, Galician Health Service, Praza Ferrol 11, 27001 Lugo, Spain; Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialities, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Santiago de Compostela, Entrerríos s/n, 15705 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain. Electronic address: pabloignacio.varela@usc.es.
² Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialities, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Santiago de Compostela, Entrerríos s/n, 15705 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain.
³ Service of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Santiago de Compostela University Hospital, 15705 s/n, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain.
⁴ School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oviedo, Avda Julián Clavería 8, 33006 Oviedo, Spain.

PMID: 33485790
PMCID: PMC7832748
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.105176

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Covid-19 pandemic: A new contributing factor to diagnostic and treatment delay in oral cancer patients

Pablo Varela-Centelles et al. Oral Oncol. 2021 May.

. 2021 May:116:105176.

doi: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.105176. Epub 2021 Jan 15.

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Pablo Varela-Centelles¹, Juan Seoane², Arturo Bilbao³, Juan Seoane-Romero⁴

Affiliations

¹ CS Praza do Ferrol, EOXI Lugo, Cervo, e Monforte, Galician Health Service, Praza Ferrol 11, 27001 Lugo, Spain; Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialities, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Santiago de Compostela, Entrerríos s/n, 15705 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain. Electronic address: pabloignacio.varela@usc.es.
² Department of Surgery and Medical-Surgical Specialities, School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Santiago de Compostela, Entrerríos s/n, 15705 Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain.
³ Service of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Santiago de Compostela University Hospital, 15705 s/n, Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña, Spain.
⁴ School of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Oviedo, Avda Julián Clavería 8, 33006 Oviedo, Spain.

PMID: 33485790
PMCID: PMC7832748
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2020.105176

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