JCO: Oncology Conferences: Please Call It a Day

"....Despite the costs and resources involved, leading oncology organizations
plan conferences every year. Pre- and postconference events,
including conference-revisited events, are regular rituals after large
specialty conferences. But is the physical attendance of delegates at
conferences still required? Will the oncology community rise up and
stop this perennial waste of time, effort, and money and instead use
this money for a more scientific or nobler cause?5 One suggestion
would be to create a single global research fund to which all oncology
bodies and governments contribute and to which all nations,
both developed and developing, can apply for funding of their
trials. This would greatly improve the standards of global research
and enhance scientific pursuits."