Why We Should, and How We Can, Reduce the Climate Toxicity of Cancer Care

Emer Lynch¹, Philip Bredin¹, Catherine S Weadick¹, Niamh Dorney¹, Roelof W F Van Leeuwen², Seamus O'Reilly^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Medical Oncology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland.
² Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Cancer Research @UCC, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
⁴ Cancer Trials Ireland, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.

Emer Lynch et al. JCO Oncol Pract. 2025 Apr.

. 2025 Apr;21(4):458-462.

doi: 10.1200/OP-24-00680. Epub 2024 Nov 1.

Emer Lynch¹, Philip Bredin¹, Catherine S Weadick¹, Niamh Dorney¹, Roelof W F Van Leeuwen², Seamus O'Reilly^{1

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¹ Department of Medical Oncology, Cork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland.
² Department of Medical Oncology, Erasmus MC Cancer Institute, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
³ Cancer Research @UCC, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
⁴ Cancer Trials Ireland, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.

Abstract

Climate change is like cancer, delayed action leads to more suffering for patients.