When Worlds Collide: How Global Infectious Outbreaks Have Changed Cancer Care

COVID-19 and HIV reshaped cancer care, leading to delayed screenings, a surge in telehealth, mental health strain, and equity lessons, many of which clinicians still confront.

The past 40 years of oncology research and care have shown that cancer is a complex disease. Although individual malignancies are challenging to manage on their own terms, what contributes to this complexity is the fact that cancer does not exist in a vacuum.