“I have a doctor that handles all the other stuff.” Perceptions of older adults with cancer about discussing aging-related conditions with their oncologists

Sindhuja Kadambi*, Lee Kehoe, Megan Wells, Amita Patil, Lianlian Lei, Marquita Wenonah Lewis-Thames, Anna Job, Yingzi Zhang, Marie Flannery, Nikesha Gilmore, Victor G. Vogel, Tony Philip, Judith O. Hopkins, Mary Whitehead, Allison Magnuson, Supriya Mohile, Sally A. Norton

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Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number102065
JournalJournal of Geriatric Oncology
Volume16
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2025

Funding

This work was supported by the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute CD-12-11-4634 and NIH National Institute on Aging K24AG056589 to Supriya Mohile, National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Cancer Institute (NCI) UG1CA189961 to Gary R. Morrow and Karen M. Mustian, NIH NCI T32CA102618 to Gary R. Morrow and Michelle C. Janelsins, NCI K01CA262342, Wilmot Postdoctoral Fellowship to Sindhuja Kadambi, Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute UL1TR001422 and funds from the Northwestern University Center for Community Health to Marquita Wenoah Lewis-Thames, and NIH K01 CA27625 to Nikesha Gilmore.

Keywords

  • Aging-related conditions
  • Communication
  • Geriatric assessment

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Oncology
  • Geriatrics and Gerontology

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