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COMMUNITY DENTISTRY AND ORAL EPIDEMIOLOGY
卷 49, 期 3, 页码 211-215出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/cdoe.12632
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coronavirus infections; COVID-19; oral cancer; oropharyngeal cancer; pandemics
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a decrease in hospitalization rates for oral and oropharyngeal cancers in Brazil, with the North region experiencing the largest decline. The reduced hospitalization rates suggest a potential postponement in care for these cancers, which may have a detrimental impact on survival.
Timely diagnosis and treatment of oral and oropharyngeal cancers are central for the patient's survival. Our objective was to document the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the rate of hospitalizations due to these cancers in Brazil's National Health System (SUS). The number of hospitalizations by these cancers during the first periods of the pandemic-and between the same period of 2016 to 2019-was retrieved from the SUS Hospital Information System. We compared hospitalization rates between pre- and pandemic periods, by State. The hospitalization rate for oral and oropharyngeal cancer during the pandemic was lower than that of the same period of previous years. The decline between 2019 and 2020 was of 49.3%, reaching 60% in the North. The reduction in hospitalization during an extended period suggests that oral and oropharyngeal cancer care will be postponed, with potentially detrimental impact on survival.
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