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Global Health Econ Sustain                               COVID-19 pandemic and quality of life of cancer patients




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                 Conclusion  The overall and general  quality of life of patients with   skin cancer does not. It was   significantly affected by the   outbreak of the pandemic  Reducing referrals can be due  to patients’ reluctance to seek  medical assistance during the   pandemic  Patients with head-and-neck   cancer run increased risk  deterioration of their quality  of life due to the COVID-19   pandemic  Patients who did not   know the therapeutic   figure to follow




                    There were no differences in   the impact of quality of life   between the two categories   Delays in cancer diagnosis of  the skin during the duration  of COVID-19. However, there   is a reduction in the time  waiting from referral to initial   Cancer patients of the neck  and head had a mainly social  and emotional impact versus   patients who had received   total laryngectomy, who  were mainly facing financial   There were differences   between pati







                 Result   patients        appointment    difficulties

                    EORTC QLQ-C30   and C-19EIS.  Existing data in   Northern Cancer   EORTC-QLQ-C30.  EORTC-QLQ-C30.  BPI, EORTC- C15-  PAL, EORTC-




                 Tool               Network                                                      BM22, and   EQ5D-3L.







                 Sample  101 patients.  4,755 patients  121 patients  350 patients           169 patients



                 Year  2020 –   2021  2020   2020 –   2021  March   2020 –   August   2020   2020 –   2021


                 Country  Northwards  Germany  United   Kingdom  Italy   (Florence,   Siena, Arezo,   Grosseto)  United   Kingdom  Netherlands




                 Study design  Comparative   Study  Comparative   Study  Cross-sectional   study  Cross-sectional   study  Prospective   study.




                    Investigation of variations   in quality-of-life influence   during the pandemic   among survivors and   active in the treatment of   patients with skin cancer.  Comparison of diagnoses   for skin cancer.  And the waiting time of  periods before and during   COVID-19.  The impact of the   pandemic on quality   of life among patients   with cervical and head   cancer and patients   who have received total   laryngectomy.  The impact of the   pandemic on





             Table 2. (Continued)  Topic  Study  Kurzhals et al.,   2021  Andrew et al.,   2021  Gallo et al.,   2021  Younger et al.,   2020  follow  Bartels et al.,   2021











            Volume 2 Issue 2 (2024)                         8                        https://doi.org/10.36922/ghes.2636
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