Climate Change and Cancer Care-Feeling the Heat

JAMA Oncol. 2023 Nov 1;9(11):1495-1496. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.3511.

Authors

Joan H Schiller¹, Eric Bernicker², Alexandra Thomas³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, University of Virginia, Charlottesville.
² Medical Oncology, Centura Health, Denver, Colorado.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

PMID: 37768656
DOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2023.3511

No abstract available

Plain language summary

This Viewpoint describes how climate change and air pollution markedly affect cancer incidence, care delivery, and patient outcomes.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Climate Change*
Hot Temperature
Humans
Neoplasms* / epidemiology
Neoplasms* / therapy