Local recurrence manifested in 20 patients (13.1%): the Kaplan–Meier survival analysis depicted in Figure 2 suggests a favorable trend in local recurrence-free survival for patients during the pandemic compared to the pre-pandemic period.
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Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Diagnosis and Management of Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer in the Head and Neck Region: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
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The 12-month survival rates were 79% for the pre-pandemic period and 100% for the pandemic period, at 24 months The log-rank test indicates a p -value of 0.051, suggesting no statistically significant difference in survival probabilities between the two periods, although the p -value is close to significance, as shown in Figure 2 . 4.