The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on nasopharyngeal carcinoma extent at FDG PET/MR staging: The NPCOVIPET study.
Head Neck
; 45(8): 1979-1985, 2023 Aug.
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en Inglés
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-20233770
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
To evaluate the impact of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on disease extent in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) using 18 fuorodeoxyglucose (FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).METHODS:
This retrospective cohort study included biopsy-proven, newly diagnosed NPC patients using whole-body FDG PET/MR staging in two selected intervals 1 May 2017 to 31 January 2020 (Group A, the pre-COVID-19 period), and 1 February 2020 to 30 June 2021 (Group B, the COVID-19 period).RESULTS:
Three-hundred and ninety patients were included. No significant difference was observed in terms of T classification, N classification, overall stage, N stations, and M stations between the two groups (p > 0.05). For the involved neck node levels, more patients had developed level Vc metastasis in the group B (p = 0.044).CONCLUSION:
Although the overall stage was not affected, more patients with NPC had developed level Vc metastasis in the era of COVID-19.Palabras clave
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Bases de datos internacionales
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Neoplasias Nasofaríngeas
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COVID-19
Tipo de estudio:
Estudio de cohorte
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Estudio experimental
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
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Ensayo controlado aleatorizado
Límite:
Humanos
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
Head Neck
Asunto de la revista:
Neoplasmas
Año:
2023
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
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