Environmental Outcomes Associated With Transition From In-Person to a Virtual Oncology Conference During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Katie E Lichter; Taylor Drew; Sasha Demeulenaere; Emily Wong; Osama Mohamad; Sue S Yom; Hilary P Bagshaw

doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.1925

Environmental Outcomes Associated With Transition From In-Person to a Virtual Oncology Conference During the COVID-19 Pandemic

JAMA Oncol. 2022 Sep 1;8(9):1351-1352. doi: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.1925.

Authors

Katie E Lichter¹, Taylor Drew², Sasha Demeulenaere², Emily Wong², Osama Mohamad¹, Sue S Yom¹, Hilary P Bagshaw³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco.
² Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois.
³ Department of Radiation Oncology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.

Abstract

This cohort study characterizes the potential environmental benefit associated with the transition from in-person professional conference attendance to virtual conference attendance before and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

MeSH terms

COVID-19*
Humans
Medical Oncology
Pandemics
SARS-CoV-2