title: Women in oncology: progress, challenges, and keys to success.
abstract: Women have an increasingly significant presence in the oncology physician workforce but remain underrepresented in leadership positions and at the senior levels of academic medicine. Initiatives to close these gaps are underway both in the United States and Europe. However, many areas for improvement remain on an organizational level and in the trenches of career development and mentorship for individual female oncologists in both community and academic settings. Solutions to advance women in the oncology workforce will involve policy initiatives by professional and funding organizations, individual initiatives by universities and practices to recognize and develop female leaders, an increased focus on teamwork and novel practice arrangements, and high-quality mentorship of young women entering the oncology field.
authors.affiliation: From the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD; Oncology Department, Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain; Texas Oncology, US Oncology Network, Dallas, TX; Division of Hematology/Oncology, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC.
authors.forename: Katherine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Reeder-Hayes
authors.forename: Enriqueta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Felip
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Patt
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Jaffee
mesh_terms: D002322:Career Mobility; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007857:Leadership; D008495:Medical Oncology; D008611:Mentors; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010822:Physicians, Women / Q000639:trends; D012108:Research Personnel; D063507:Sexism; D014481:United States