Assessing the environmental and downstream human health impacts of decentralizing cancer care

JAMA Oncology

2024-06-03

(Press-News.org) About The Study: This cohort study found that using decentralization through telemedicine and local care may substantially reduce cancer care’s greenhouse gas emissions; this corresponds to small reductions in human mortality.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Gregory A. Abel, M.D., M.P.H., email gregory_abel@dfci.harvard.edu.

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(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2024.2744)

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