Grantee in the News: Arti Hurria interviewed on providing optimal care for older breast cancer patients by Medscape.com
On April 7, 2017, Arti Hurria, MD, a 2005 Beeson Scholar, was interviewed on Medscape on how to best meet the needs of older patients diagnosed with breast cancer.
Dr. Hurria emphasizes the importance of providing patients with individualized care based their geriatric assessment and functional age, and then utilizing that information as part of the treatment decision-making process. She advocates for older patients and their doctors to use an online geriatric assessment tool found on the Cancer and Aging Research Group website for appointment speed and efficiency.
Dr. Hurria also discusses her research finding that age (72 years old and older) is a predictor for chemotherapy-associated toxicity. She also found that gastrointestinal and genitourinary cancers and tumor and treatment variables were predicted risks for toxicity.
The full article and video are available with a free subscription to Medscape.com here.
Arti Hurria, MD is a professor of medical oncology and director of the Cancer and Aging Research Program at the City of Hope Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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