While I’m glad that in a recent response to questions from a congressional committee NIH recognizes that sexual harassment is a major obstacle in the advancement of science and has put new processes in place to address this issue, the letter does not adequately address the lack of response in the case of Dr. Grothey.
In early 2020, telehealth was a hot new trend in patient care, but with utilization sporadic and episodic at best, providers were generally skeptical as to whether this virtual technique of delivering care was a viable option for advanced clinical services, especially in oncology.
The prevalence of workplace harassment, discrimination, and retaliation experienced by women physicians, especially women of color, is alarmingly high.
Incredible advances in cancer care are of no benefit to cancer patients if they can’t access them. Sadly, for too many cancer patients, our current system places barriers in their path to accessing the optimal clinical care for their diagnosis.
Letter to the editor by Donald L. “Skip” Trump, MD, and Eric T. Rosenthal, coauthors of Centers of the Cancer Universe: A Half-Century of Progress Against Cancer
Robust and effective mentorship is imperative to building a successful career in academic medicine.
Pride month is upon us, and the rainbow flag is flying high. At levels that would have been unimaginable a few decades ago, corporate sponsors acknowledge and celebrate the right of LGBTQ+ individuals to live free of violence, discrimination, and oppression.
We’ve all heard this story before, just with a different set of names and places. Man harasses woman after woman, eventually someone (usually a woman) is brave enough to report him, a quiet investigation confirms the reports, and he quietly and seamlessly gets hired elsewhere with no one the wiser.
In the days leading up to the 2021 American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting, The Cancer Letter published a piece focused on Axel Grothey’s unethical sexual relationships with women he mentored while at Mayo Clinic. While this news was met by some as shocking, science tells us it is anything but.
“We are going to start making this a requirement”, stated Richard Pazdur, MD during STAT’s ASCO Recap on June 9, 2021.
