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Table 2 Knowledge gaps requiring investment

From: The current state of acute oncology training for emergency physicians: a narrative review

Gaps in current curriculum

 Effects of oncology treatment on common emergency presentations

 Immunotherapy treatments and associated immune-related adverse events (irAEs)

 Need for emergent oncological treatment of the newly diagnosed cancer patient with cancer

 Surgical procedures and complications in patients with cancer

 Symptom and side effect management in patients with cancer

Gaps in research efforts

 Care utilization across the age continuum and rural/urban divide

 Diagnostic pathways

 Implementation science barriers to oncology evidence-based medicine

 Risk stratification

 Social determinants of health affecting acute care of patients with cancer