1. Penn Medicine Head and Neck Cancer Service Line COVID-19 management guidelines.
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Weinstein GS, Cohen R, Lin A, O'Malley BW Jr, Lukens J, Swisher-McClure S, Shanti RM, Newman JG, Parhar HS, Tasche K, Brody RM, Chalian A, Cannady S, Palmer JN, Adappa ND, Kohanski MA, Bauml J, Aggarwal C, Montone K, Livolsi V, Baloch ZW, Jalaly JB, Cooper K, Rajasekaran K, Loevner L, and Rassekh C
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- Ambulatory Care standards, COVID-19, Combined Modality Therapy, Continuity of Patient Care standards, Coronavirus Infections diagnosis, Head and Neck Neoplasms diagnosis, Humans, Multi-Institutional Systems, Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures standards, Palliative Care standards, Patient Safety, Pennsylvania, Personal Protective Equipment, Pneumonia, Viral diagnosis, SARS-CoV-2, Terminal Care standards, Tertiary Care Centers, Betacoronavirus, Coronavirus Infections prevention & control, Head and Neck Neoplasms therapy, Infection Control standards, Medical Oncology standards, Pandemics prevention & control, Pneumonia, Viral prevention & control
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Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic caused by the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus-2 (SARS-CoV-2) virus has altered the health care environment for the management of head and neck cancers. The purpose of these guidelines is to provide direction during the pandemic for rational Head and Neck Cancer management in order to achieve a medically and ethically appropriate balance of risks and benefits., Methods: Creation of consensus document., Results: The process yielded a consensus statement among a wide range of practitioners involved in the management of patients with head and neck cancer in a multihospital tertiary care health system., Conclusions: These guidelines support an ethical approach for the management of head and neck cancers during the COVID-19 epidemic consistent with both the local standard of care as well as the head and neck oncological literature., (© 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.)
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- 2020
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