Critical Conversation Strategies for Patients with AML

Personalizing care goals to account for a patient’s values, preferences, or circumstances can make a significant difference in share  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

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

·       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)