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Special considerations for elderly patients with head and neck cancer during the
COVID-19 pandemic
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Sharma A
; Crosby DL
Head Neck
2020[Jun]; 42
(6
): 1147-1149
PMID32343444
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Elderly patients with head and neck cancer are at increased risk of adverse
outcomes during and after treatment of head and neck cancer. COVID-19 severity
and mortality can be expected to be significantly greater in elderly patients
with head and neck cancer, given that increased age, comorbidities, and presence
of malignancy are known risk factors for disease severity and mortality in
patients with COVID-19. Therefore, their management requires multidisciplinary
consensus and patient input. A thorough geriatric assessment, which has been
shown to be beneficial prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, could be particularly
helpful in this patient population with the added dimension of COVID-19 risk. In
many cases, prudent treatment plan modification may allow for overall best
outcomes. Furthermore, recruitment of social services and, when appropriate,
palliative care, may allow for optimal management of these patients.
|Aged
[MESH]
|Aged, 80 and over
[MESH]
|Betacoronavirus
[MESH]
|COVID-19
[MESH]
|Communicable Disease Control/methods
[MESH]
|Coronavirus Infections/*epidemiology/prevention & control
[MESH]
|Disease Management
[MESH]
|Disease Transmission, Infectious/*prevention & control
[MESH]
|Female
[MESH]
|Follow-Up Studies
[MESH]
|Geriatric Assessment/*methods
[MESH]
|Head and Neck Neoplasms/epidemiology/*therapy
[MESH]
|Humans
[MESH]
|Male
[MESH]
|Pandemics/*prevention & control
[MESH]
|Patient Safety
[MESH]
|Pneumonia, Viral/*epidemiology/prevention & control
[MESH]