Table 1.

Overview of all studies including quality assessment.

Author	Year	Journal	Outcome	Study design	Patients (N) TM = tele	Cancer type	Method of follow-up	Bias assessment score
Beaver et al.	2017	BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology	Patient anxiety and satisfaction, QOL	RCT	259 (129 TM)	Endometrial (stage-I)	Phone call	Jadad 3
Beaver et al.	2012	Colorectal Disease	Patient anxiety and satisfaction, clinical visits, recurrence detection, costs	RCT	50 (25 TM)	Colorectal	Phone call	Jadad 4
Cerfolio et al.	2019	Journal of Visualized Surgery	ER and in-person visits, # of patients who prefer in-person	Prospective	25 TM	Thoracic (lung, esophageal)	Video call	MINORS 12
Klain et al.	2020	European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging	Number of patients assessed in 2019 (non-TM) vs 2020 (TM)	Retrospective	445 TM 525 non-TM	Thyroid, differentiated	Phone call	MINORS 17
Malcolm et al.	2021	Colorectal Disease	Quality of life	Retrospective Survey	128 TM	Colorectal	“Remote”	MINORS 14
Mole et al.	2019	British Journal of Nursing	Outpatient visit frequency, patient satisfaction, costs	Retrospective Survey	142 TM	Colorectal	Phone call	MINORS 10
Neeman et al.	2021	JAMA Network Open	Clinician satisfaction	Survey	202 clinicians (16 surgeons)	Breast	Video or phone call	MINORS 8
Noble et al.	2019	Pilot and Feasibility Studies	Patient access and preferences	Survey	53 baseline, 50 1-month post-op	Breast	Video call	MINORS 16
Siddika et al.	2015	Colorectal Disease	Visit timeliness, recurrence, 5-year survival, costs, patient satisfaction	Retrospective Survey	900 TM	Colorectal	Phone call	MINORS 11
Uppal et al.	2022	JCO Oncology Practice	90-day readmission, 30-day readmission, readmission LOS, mortality	Retrospective	535 (98 TM)	Colorectal, pancreas, liver, gastric, peritoneal cytoreduction, sarcoma	Video or phone call	MINORS 18
Viers et al.	2015	European Urology	Visit efficiency, patient and provider satisfaction, costs	Prospective RCT	55 (28 TM)	Prostate	Video call	Jadad 2