Critical Conversation Strategies for Patients with AML  – [VIDEO PODCAST] Ep 37

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Personalizing care goals to account for a patient’s values, preferences, or circumstances can make a significant difference in shared decision-making and treatment planning. In this episode, CANCER BUZZ speaks with Melissa Kah Poh Loh, MBBCh, BAO, assistant professor of Geriatric Hematology and Oncology at the University of Rochester Medical Center’s Wilmot Cancer Institute about strategies to optimize critical conversations with patients with acute myeloid leukemia.

“For older adults with acute myeloid leukemia, the treatment landscape has changed in the last few years…and their [patients’] preferences and goals really make a difference in what we ultimately choose together with patients and family members…incorporating this as part of the conversation is very important.” – Melissa Kah Poh Loh, MBBCh, BAO

Guest:

Melissa Kah Poh Loh, MBBCh, BAO
Assistant Professor of Geriatric Hematology and Oncology
University of Rochester Medical Center, Wilmot Cancer Institute
Rochester, NY

This is the second episode of a four-part series developed in connection with the ACCC education program Achieving and Maintaining Better Outcomes for Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia. This episode was made possible with support by Bristol Myers-Squibb.

Additional Reading/Sources

• Strategies to Addressing Disparities in Patients with AML (Part one of the four-part series)
• Shared Decision-making in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
• Talking about Acute Myeloid Leukemia (Cancer Support Community)
• Shared Decision-making: Practical Implementation for the Oncology Team (ACCC)