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cord-277567-nf6t4ni6	Bakkar, Sohail	Impact of COVID-19 on thyroid cancer surgery and adjunct therapy	2020-06-14		.txt	text/plain	1842	92	47	Since papillary carcinoma was the preoperative diagnosis in all cases, radioactive iodine ablation (RIA) therapy was also planned 3–4 weeks following surgery after withdrawing thyroxine and achieving a thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) level > 30 mU/L. The aim of this retrospective cohort study was to assess the impact of the restrictive healthcare measures applied in the kingdom of Jordan in the time of COVID-19 on treatment plans for thyroid cancer patients. The primary outcome of interest was to assess the impact of restrictive policies applied for COVID-19 on safe and timely delivery of both surgery and its adjunct therapy (remnant ablation by means of RIA). In a region of no or low COVID-19 prevalence, restrictive policies applied did not affect the safe and timely delivery of surgical care for thyroid cancer patients.	./cache/cord-277567-nf6t4ni6.txt	./txt/cord-277567-nf6t4ni6.txt