Surgical Oncologists: An Endangered Species at the Time of De-Escalation

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R. J. Salmon

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At the same time, 4 times as many surgeons and 5.5 times as many anaesthetists would be needed to treat all these new cancers at a time when the number of new cancer surgeons is decreasing in Western countries. The attraction of cancer specialties is going less and less in a way that for instance the first choices of residents in France are mostly plastic and aesthetic surgery, dermatology and ophthalmology, no emergencies, week-ends free and high income. These are the dreams of our young colleagues!

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SALMON, R. J.. Surgical Oncologists: An Endangered Species at the Time of De-Escalation. Medical Research Archives, [S.l.], v. 11, n. 6, june 2023. ISSN 2375-1924. Available at: <https://esmed.org/MRA/mra/article/view/3982>. Date accessed: 21 nov. 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.18103/mra.v11i6.3982.
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