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Association between the COVID-19 pandemic and first cancer treatment modality: a population-based cohort study

Rui Fu, Rinku Sutradhar, Qing Li, Timothy P. Hanna, Kelvin K.W. Chan, Jonathan C. Irish, Natalie Coburn, Julie Hallet, Anna Dare, Simron Singh, Ambica Parmar, Craig C. Earle, Lauren Lapointe-Shaw, Monika K. Krzyzanowska, Antonio Finelli, Alexander V. Louie, Nicole J. Look Hong, Ian J. Witterick, Alyson Mahar, David R. Urbach, Daniel I. McIsaac, Danny Enepekides and Antoine Eskander
May 09, 2023 11 (3) E426-E433; DOI: https://doi.org/10.9778/cmajo.20220102
Rui Fu
ICES (Fu, Sutradhar, Li, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Urbach, McIsaac, Eskander); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Fu, Sutradhar, Chan, Irish, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Eskander) and Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Fu, Witterick, Enepekides, Eskander), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (Hanna), Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (Hanna); Odette Cancer Centre (Chan, Hallet), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Ontario Health (Chan, Coburn, Witterick) — Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Irish, Witterick), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Department of Surgery (Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Finelli, Hong) and Department of Medicine (Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska), University of Toronto; Department of Radiation Oncology (Louie), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Mahar), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Rinku Sutradhar
ICES (Fu, Sutradhar, Li, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Urbach, McIsaac, Eskander); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Fu, Sutradhar, Chan, Irish, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Eskander) and Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Fu, Witterick, Enepekides, Eskander), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (Hanna), Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (Hanna); Odette Cancer Centre (Chan, Hallet), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Ontario Health (Chan, Coburn, Witterick) — Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Irish, Witterick), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Department of Surgery (Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Finelli, Hong) and Department of Medicine (Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska), University of Toronto; Department of Radiation Oncology (Louie), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Mahar), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Qing Li
ICES (Fu, Sutradhar, Li, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Urbach, McIsaac, Eskander); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Fu, Sutradhar, Chan, Irish, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Eskander) and Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Fu, Witterick, Enepekides, Eskander), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (Hanna), Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (Hanna); Odette Cancer Centre (Chan, Hallet), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Ontario Health (Chan, Coburn, Witterick) — Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Irish, Witterick), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Department of Surgery (Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Finelli, Hong) and Department of Medicine (Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska), University of Toronto; Department of Radiation Oncology (Louie), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Mahar), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Timothy P. Hanna
ICES (Fu, Sutradhar, Li, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Urbach, McIsaac, Eskander); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Fu, Sutradhar, Chan, Irish, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Eskander) and Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Fu, Witterick, Enepekides, Eskander), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (Hanna), Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (Hanna); Odette Cancer Centre (Chan, Hallet), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Ontario Health (Chan, Coburn, Witterick) — Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Irish, Witterick), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Department of Surgery (Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Finelli, Hong) and Department of Medicine (Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska), University of Toronto; Department of Radiation Oncology (Louie), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Mahar), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Kelvin K.W. Chan
ICES (Fu, Sutradhar, Li, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Urbach, McIsaac, Eskander); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Fu, Sutradhar, Chan, Irish, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Eskander) and Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Fu, Witterick, Enepekides, Eskander), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (Hanna), Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (Hanna); Odette Cancer Centre (Chan, Hallet), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Ontario Health (Chan, Coburn, Witterick) — Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Irish, Witterick), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Department of Surgery (Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Finelli, Hong) and Department of Medicine (Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska), University of Toronto; Department of Radiation Oncology (Louie), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Mahar), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Jonathan C. Irish
ICES (Fu, Sutradhar, Li, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Urbach, McIsaac, Eskander); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Fu, Sutradhar, Chan, Irish, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Eskander) and Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Fu, Witterick, Enepekides, Eskander), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (Hanna), Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (Hanna); Odette Cancer Centre (Chan, Hallet), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Ontario Health (Chan, Coburn, Witterick) — Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Irish, Witterick), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Department of Surgery (Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Finelli, Hong) and Department of Medicine (Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska), University of Toronto; Department of Radiation Oncology (Louie), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Mahar), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Natalie Coburn
ICES (Fu, Sutradhar, Li, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Urbach, McIsaac, Eskander); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Fu, Sutradhar, Chan, Irish, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Eskander) and Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Fu, Witterick, Enepekides, Eskander), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (Hanna), Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (Hanna); Odette Cancer Centre (Chan, Hallet), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Ontario Health (Chan, Coburn, Witterick) — Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Irish, Witterick), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Department of Surgery (Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Finelli, Hong) and Department of Medicine (Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska), University of Toronto; Department of Radiation Oncology (Louie), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Mahar), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Julie Hallet
ICES (Fu, Sutradhar, Li, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Urbach, McIsaac, Eskander); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Fu, Sutradhar, Chan, Irish, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Eskander) and Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Fu, Witterick, Enepekides, Eskander), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (Hanna), Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (Hanna); Odette Cancer Centre (Chan, Hallet), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Ontario Health (Chan, Coburn, Witterick) — Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Irish, Witterick), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Department of Surgery (Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Finelli, Hong) and Department of Medicine (Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska), University of Toronto; Department of Radiation Oncology (Louie), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Mahar), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Anna Dare
ICES (Fu, Sutradhar, Li, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Urbach, McIsaac, Eskander); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Fu, Sutradhar, Chan, Irish, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Eskander) and Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Fu, Witterick, Enepekides, Eskander), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (Hanna), Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (Hanna); Odette Cancer Centre (Chan, Hallet), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Ontario Health (Chan, Coburn, Witterick) — Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Irish, Witterick), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Department of Surgery (Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Finelli, Hong) and Department of Medicine (Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska), University of Toronto; Department of Radiation Oncology (Louie), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Mahar), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Simron Singh
ICES (Fu, Sutradhar, Li, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Urbach, McIsaac, Eskander); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Fu, Sutradhar, Chan, Irish, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Eskander) and Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Fu, Witterick, Enepekides, Eskander), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (Hanna), Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (Hanna); Odette Cancer Centre (Chan, Hallet), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Ontario Health (Chan, Coburn, Witterick) — Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Irish, Witterick), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Department of Surgery (Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Finelli, Hong) and Department of Medicine (Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska), University of Toronto; Department of Radiation Oncology (Louie), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Mahar), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Ambica Parmar
ICES (Fu, Sutradhar, Li, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Urbach, McIsaac, Eskander); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Fu, Sutradhar, Chan, Irish, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Eskander) and Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Fu, Witterick, Enepekides, Eskander), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (Hanna), Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (Hanna); Odette Cancer Centre (Chan, Hallet), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Ontario Health (Chan, Coburn, Witterick) — Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Irish, Witterick), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Department of Surgery (Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Finelli, Hong) and Department of Medicine (Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska), University of Toronto; Department of Radiation Oncology (Louie), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Mahar), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Craig C. Earle
ICES (Fu, Sutradhar, Li, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Urbach, McIsaac, Eskander); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Fu, Sutradhar, Chan, Irish, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Eskander) and Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Fu, Witterick, Enepekides, Eskander), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (Hanna), Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (Hanna); Odette Cancer Centre (Chan, Hallet), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Ontario Health (Chan, Coburn, Witterick) — Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Irish, Witterick), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Department of Surgery (Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Finelli, Hong) and Department of Medicine (Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska), University of Toronto; Department of Radiation Oncology (Louie), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Mahar), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Lauren Lapointe-Shaw
ICES (Fu, Sutradhar, Li, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Urbach, McIsaac, Eskander); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Fu, Sutradhar, Chan, Irish, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Eskander) and Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Fu, Witterick, Enepekides, Eskander), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (Hanna), Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (Hanna); Odette Cancer Centre (Chan, Hallet), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Ontario Health (Chan, Coburn, Witterick) — Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Irish, Witterick), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Department of Surgery (Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Finelli, Hong) and Department of Medicine (Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska), University of Toronto; Department of Radiation Oncology (Louie), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Mahar), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Monika K. Krzyzanowska
ICES (Fu, Sutradhar, Li, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Urbach, McIsaac, Eskander); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Fu, Sutradhar, Chan, Irish, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Eskander) and Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Fu, Witterick, Enepekides, Eskander), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (Hanna), Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (Hanna); Odette Cancer Centre (Chan, Hallet), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Ontario Health (Chan, Coburn, Witterick) — Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Irish, Witterick), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Department of Surgery (Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Finelli, Hong) and Department of Medicine (Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska), University of Toronto; Department of Radiation Oncology (Louie), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Mahar), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Antonio Finelli
ICES (Fu, Sutradhar, Li, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Urbach, McIsaac, Eskander); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Fu, Sutradhar, Chan, Irish, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Eskander) and Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Fu, Witterick, Enepekides, Eskander), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (Hanna), Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (Hanna); Odette Cancer Centre (Chan, Hallet), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Ontario Health (Chan, Coburn, Witterick) — Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Irish, Witterick), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Department of Surgery (Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Finelli, Hong) and Department of Medicine (Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska), University of Toronto; Department of Radiation Oncology (Louie), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Mahar), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Alexander V. Louie
ICES (Fu, Sutradhar, Li, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Urbach, McIsaac, Eskander); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Fu, Sutradhar, Chan, Irish, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Eskander) and Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Fu, Witterick, Enepekides, Eskander), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (Hanna), Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (Hanna); Odette Cancer Centre (Chan, Hallet), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Ontario Health (Chan, Coburn, Witterick) — Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Irish, Witterick), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Department of Surgery (Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Finelli, Hong) and Department of Medicine (Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska), University of Toronto; Department of Radiation Oncology (Louie), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Mahar), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Nicole J. Look Hong
ICES (Fu, Sutradhar, Li, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Urbach, McIsaac, Eskander); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Fu, Sutradhar, Chan, Irish, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Eskander) and Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Fu, Witterick, Enepekides, Eskander), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (Hanna), Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (Hanna); Odette Cancer Centre (Chan, Hallet), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Ontario Health (Chan, Coburn, Witterick) — Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Irish, Witterick), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Department of Surgery (Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Finelli, Hong) and Department of Medicine (Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska), University of Toronto; Department of Radiation Oncology (Louie), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Mahar), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Ian J. Witterick
ICES (Fu, Sutradhar, Li, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Urbach, McIsaac, Eskander); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Fu, Sutradhar, Chan, Irish, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Eskander) and Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Fu, Witterick, Enepekides, Eskander), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (Hanna), Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (Hanna); Odette Cancer Centre (Chan, Hallet), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Ontario Health (Chan, Coburn, Witterick) — Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Irish, Witterick), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Department of Surgery (Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Finelli, Hong) and Department of Medicine (Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska), University of Toronto; Department of Radiation Oncology (Louie), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Mahar), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Alyson Mahar
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David R. Urbach
ICES (Fu, Sutradhar, Li, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Urbach, McIsaac, Eskander); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Fu, Sutradhar, Chan, Irish, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Eskander) and Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Fu, Witterick, Enepekides, Eskander), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (Hanna), Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (Hanna); Odette Cancer Centre (Chan, Hallet), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Ontario Health (Chan, Coburn, Witterick) — Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Irish, Witterick), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Department of Surgery (Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Finelli, Hong) and Department of Medicine (Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska), University of Toronto; Department of Radiation Oncology (Louie), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Mahar), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Daniel I. McIsaac
ICES (Fu, Sutradhar, Li, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Urbach, McIsaac, Eskander); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Fu, Sutradhar, Chan, Irish, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Eskander) and Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Fu, Witterick, Enepekides, Eskander), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (Hanna), Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (Hanna); Odette Cancer Centre (Chan, Hallet), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Ontario Health (Chan, Coburn, Witterick) — Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Irish, Witterick), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Department of Surgery (Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Finelli, Hong) and Department of Medicine (Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska), University of Toronto; Department of Radiation Oncology (Louie), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Mahar), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Danny Enepekides
ICES (Fu, Sutradhar, Li, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Urbach, McIsaac, Eskander); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Fu, Sutradhar, Chan, Irish, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Eskander) and Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Fu, Witterick, Enepekides, Eskander), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (Hanna), Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (Hanna); Odette Cancer Centre (Chan, Hallet), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Ontario Health (Chan, Coburn, Witterick) — Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Irish, Witterick), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Department of Surgery (Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Finelli, Hong) and Department of Medicine (Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska), University of Toronto; Department of Radiation Oncology (Louie), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Mahar), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Antoine Eskander
ICES (Fu, Sutradhar, Li, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Urbach, McIsaac, Eskander); Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Fu, Sutradhar, Chan, Irish, Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Singh, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska, Finelli, Hong, Eskander) and Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Fu, Witterick, Enepekides, Eskander), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology (Hanna), Cancer Research Institute, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ont.; Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (Hanna); Odette Cancer Centre (Chan, Hallet), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Ontario Health (Chan, Coburn, Witterick) — Cancer Care Ontario; Department of Otolaryngology — Head and Neck Surgery (Irish, Witterick), University of Toronto, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre; Department of Surgery (Coburn, Hallet, Dare, Finelli, Hong) and Department of Medicine (Singh, Parmar, Earle, Lapointe-Shaw, Krzyzanowska), University of Toronto; Department of Radiation Oncology (Louie), University of Toronto, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Community Health Sciences (Mahar), University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.; Department of Surgery (Urbach), Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, Ont.; Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine (McIsaac), The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ont.
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Online appendices

  • Appendix 1: Data sources
  • Appendix 2: Modality of first cancer treatment received within 1 year after cancer diagnosis stratified by cancer type
  • Appendix 3: Segmented Poisson regression model
  • Appendix 4: Sensitivity analysis
  • Reviewer comments
  • Original submission
  • RECORD statement

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