No climate havens: the expanding threat of climate change to cancer care

Abstract

Recent extreme weather events reached communities previously thought to be safe from climate hazards, illustrating the inescapability of climate change. These events increasingly threaten every aspect of cancer control, by disrupting cancer prevention, early detection, treatment, survivorship care and research efforts. The oncology community urgently needs to prioritize solution-focused adaptation and mitigation actions. Recent extreme weather events have impacted communities once considered safe from climate hazards, posing growing challenges to cancer control efforts. Here, Nogueira and Salas argue that the oncology community urgently needs to prioritize solution-focused adaptation and mitigation actions.