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The corona pandemic (COVID-19) as a prognostic factor - Is there COVID upstaging in patients with head and neck tumors?

Conditions
Head and Neck Cancer
Registration Number
DRKS00024176
Lead Sponsor
niversitätsklinikum Leipzig
Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
100
Inclusion Criteria

The study population includes all adult patients who presented to the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Leipzig in 2019-2020, including the second pandemic wave (early 2021), due to a new tumor disease or a tumor recurrence. The inclusion criterion is presentation to the head and neck tumor board, the skull base board, or the skin tumor board of Leipzig University Hospital. Thus, patients with malignancies of the oral cavity and pharynx, but also patients with malignancies of the skin were systematically included.

Exclusion Criteria

Age less than 18 years, Benign tumors, Basal cell carcinomas, Malignant melanomas, Metastases to head and neck of other tumors, CUP, Isolated lymph node metastases of known tumors.

Study & Design

Study Type
observational
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
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Secondary Outcome Measures
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