Strategies for discussing long-term prognosis when deciding on cancer screening for adults over age 75.

Shivani K JindalMaria KaramourtopoulosAlicia R JacobsonAdlin PinheiroAlexander K SmithMary Beth HamelMara A Schonberg

Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2022)

We developed scripts and strategies for PCPs to introduce the topic of long-term prognosis with older adults and to provide numerical prognostic information to those interested. Future studies will need to test the effect of these strategies in practice.

Keyphrases

healthcare
primary care
papillary thyroid
physical activity
squamous cell carcinoma
current status
squamous cell
quality improvement
social media
lymph node metastasis
childhood cancer