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Pragmatic solutions to counteract regressive effects of COVID-19 pandemic for women in academic oncology

2021-02-11
(Press-News.org) What The Viewpoint Says:
How pandemic-related disruptions may adversely impact progress toward a gender-balanced workforce in academic oncology is described in this article, which also offers possible solutions to mitigate the problem in this specialty.

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Reshma Jagsi, M.D., D.Phil., of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2020.7681)

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