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Time for Geriatric Assessments in Cancer Care: William Dale, Mazie Tsang, and John Simmons

GeriPal

William: So ASCO decided to make a high priority this year to redo the guidelines, which were originally released in 2018. So falls, mobility concerns, polypharmacy, comorbidities, nutrition, social support, and mental health. So we tend to talk in terms of a geriatric assessment, the key domains. So John, Mazie, did I miss any?

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Should We Shift from Advance Care Planning to Serious Illness Communication?

GeriPal

And it was really good for my mental and physical… Physical health, obviously, but mental health really. And so the definition of advance care planning really switched in, I think, 2017, 2018, there was kind of a United States definition and then an international consensus definition. What are your values?

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