Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Head Neck. 2020 Jul;42(7):1507-1515. doi: 10.1002/hed.26318. Epub 2020 Jun 25.
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.
Creation of consensus document.
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.
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.
由严重急性呼吸系统综合征冠状病毒 2 型（SARS-CoV-2）病毒引起的 COVID-19 大流行改变了头颈部癌症管理的医疗环境。本指南的目的是在大流行期间为头颈部癌症的合理管理提供指导，以实现医学和伦理上风险和收益的适当平衡。
制定共识文件。
该过程在参与多医院三级保健系统头颈部癌症患者管理的广泛实践中产生了一项共识声明。
这些指南支持在 COVID-19 流行期间对头颈部癌症进行管理的一种符合当地护理标准和头颈部肿瘤学文献的伦理方法。
