The first wave of COVID-19 did not cause longer wait times in head and neck cancer. Experience of a French expert center

Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on hospital visit of head and neck cancer patients

“…The number of patients suppressed by the declaration of COVID-19 pandemic in the first phase has apparently recovered in the later phases as observed in Figure 2 . Alike this study, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for patients affected by malignancy of head and neck region were only minimally impacted in Italy [7] , and no increase in wait times was observed during the lockdown and post-lockdown periods in a French expert center [8] .…”