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We characterized population-level trends in outpatient medical oncology service utilization among patients diagnosed with common solid tumors.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A cohort of all patients age \u226518 years, diagnosed between January 2015 and December 2022 with one of the seven solid tumors (lung, colon, rectal, pancreas, breast, melanoma, or prostate cancer) was identified from the Ontario Cancer Registry. 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The absolute number of systemic therapy visits during the first year increased by 36,185 visits during the same time period, with utilization remaining high in the second year.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSION<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>There has been a substantial rise in medical oncology outpatient health services utilization with more patients seeing a medical oncologist and going on to receive systemic treatment. 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