The disclosure slide—Informative or obligatory, 5 years of SSO Cancer Symposium oral presentations

Background Financial disclosure (FD) highlights potential conflicts of interest but is often overlooked at academic conferences. Methods Retrospective review of 2015–2019 Society of Surgical Oncology Cancer Symposium oral presentation slide and/or verbal FD frequency, duration, and content. Results Of 963 presentations, 331 (34%) omitted disclosure slide/verbalization. 575 (60%) included a slide, 551 (57%) gave verbal disclosure and 133 (14%) stated relevance. 164 presentations (17%) cited 1 + FD. 2019 had greater median FDs/talk than 2015–2018 (3.50 vs. 2.00; p = .010). Compared to 2015–2018, 2019 yielded shorter median slide display of all disclosures (2.00 s vs. 2.47 s; p = .006), median 1 + FD display (3.37 s vs. 4.81 s; p = .04) and median 1 + FD verbalization (2.81 s vs. 3.66 s; p = .54). 2019 all disclosure verbalization increased (1.97 s vs. 1.14 s; p