GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast
GeriPal - A Geriatrics and Palliative Care Podcast
Alex Smith, Eric Widera
How to Recommend to Stop Cancer Screening: An Interview with Nancy Shoenborn
24 minutes Posted Jun 17, 2017 at 6:58 am.
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What should you say to your older patient when it's time to stop cancer screening? This week's GeriPal Podcast features Nancy Shoenborn, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins. Dr. Shoenborn published a paper in JAMA Internal Medicine this week on older adults perspectives on cancer screening cessation, and using life expectancy to justify stopping screening.