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

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Based on this surge in evidence, the American Society of Clinical Oncologists recently updated their guidelines for care of older adults to state that all older adults receiving systemic therapy (including chemo, immuno, targeted, hormonal therapy) should receive geriatric assessment guided care. Mazie, welcome to GeriPal. William: Sure.

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How to Make an Alzheimer’s Diagnosis in Primary Care: A Podcast with Nathaniel Chin

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So let’s just say you have a healthy 55 year old or 65 year old in your clinic. So whether it’s 50, 52, 55, 65, we should ask every person who comes into clinic at least once a year, how do you feel like your thinking is? So I’m in a specialty clinic, so I’m in this interdisciplinary memory assessment clinic.