Time is function and survival

ANZ Journal of SurgeryVolume 93, Issue 10 p. 2281-2282 EDITORIAL Time is function and survival Stijn Bekkers MD, Stijn Bekkers MD Queensland Skull Base Unit and Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Gelderse Vallei, Ede, The Netherlands Contribution: Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this authorLinda Stewart BHlthSc, MBBS, Linda Stewart BHlthSc, MBBS Queensland Skull Base Unit and Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Contribution: Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this authorBenedict J. Panizza MBBS, MBA, FRACS, FACS, Benedict J. Panizza MBBS, MBA, FRACS, FACS orcid.org/0000-0002-3724-3773 Queensland Skull Base Unit and Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this author Stijn Bekkers MD, Stijn Bekkers MD Queensland Skull Base Unit and Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Radboud University Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands Department of Otolaryngology, Hospital Gelderse Vallei, Ede, The Netherlands Contribution: Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing - original draft, Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this authorLinda Stewart BHlthSc, MBBS, Linda Stewart BHlthSc, MBBS Queensland Skull Base Unit and Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Contribution: Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this authorBenedict J. Panizza MBBS, MBA, FRACS, FACS, Benedict J. Panizza MBBS, MBA, FRACS, FACS orcid.org/0000-0002-3724-3773 Queensland Skull Base Unit and Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Faculty of Medicine, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Contribution: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing - review & editingSearch for more papers by this author First published: 17 October 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/ans.18680 Editorial: Factors Affecting Timeliness in Management of Head and Neck Cancer. 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