The Importance of “Competitive Mortality” in Oncology Care
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English - November 16, 2012 19:35 - 2 minutes - 2.57 KB - ★★★★ - 2 ratingsScience Health & Fitness Medicine oncology cancer medicine health news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Steven Tucker, MD, a prostate cancer specialist, discusses “competitive mortality”—how understanding the other conditions in addition to cancer, like chronic disease, old age, and diabetes, that influence a patient’s risk of death improves care overall.
Hear Tucker speaking with OT Contributing Writer and “Practice Matters” blogger Lola Butcher. And, read more about the new mortality-index website, ePrognosis, Tucker uses to compare geriatric prognosis indices in the full article.