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cord-317809-umb8j63t	Salari, Abolfazl	COVID-19 pandemic & head and neck cancer patients management: The role of virtual multidisciplinary team meetings	2020-04-08		.txt	text/plain	855	38	45	title: COVID-19 pandemic & head and neck cancer patients management: The role of virtual multidisciplinary team meetings Multidisciplinary team (MDT) Meetings or tumor boards are meetings that are attended by surgeons, medical oncologists, radiotherapists, radiologists, pathologists, and other specialists depending on the type of tumor to manage cancer patients. Currently, due to limitations in surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy due to the risk of cancer patients being exposed to COVID-19, the role of MDT as an appropriate reference for deciding whether or not to undergo surgery and determining other treatment plans may be more important for these patients. Therefore, after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran, head and neck tumor board are held as Virtual MDT meetings. By creating a group in one of the social media application and with the presence of 5 surgeons (2 cancer surgeon, maxillofacial surgeon, and 2 head and neck surgeon), 2 radiologists, 1 medical oncologist, 4 radiotherapists, 4 pathologists, a specialist in oral diseases and a nuclear medicine specialist MDT is held periodically; these specialists were formerly permanent members of the tumor board.	./cache/cord-317809-umb8j63t.txt	./txt/cord-317809-umb8j63t.txt