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Dear oncology community,
Join us for a vital public panel discussion: Empowered Choices: Perspectives on Cancer Decision Making Among Older Adults on December 11, 2025.
Why This Matters
As the global population ages, healthcare providers increasingly encounter unique challenges in tailoring cancer treatments for older patients. The landscape of cancer care for older adults is complex and multifaceted. It's where personal values and life experiences intersect with medical expertise and technological capabilities.
The session will explore this intricate tapestry of decision-making in geriatric oncology, emphasizing patient-centered decision-making processes. Crucially, we'll also examine how these decisions impact clinical trial enrollment. Historically, older adults have been underrepresented in cancer clinical trials, limiting our understanding of how new treatments affect this population. Learning about their barriers to care and the decision-making process could inform initiatives to improve access to trials, support pragmatic trial designs and understand the impact of cancer on individual patients.
As healthcare providers and advocates for patients with cancer, you understand that behind every statistic is a person, a family, a story that deserves to be heard. Your perspectives on patient needs, treatment access, and research priorities are essential to this conversation.
Join us for this free, online event. If you miss the live event, watch any time after the discussion begins at 11:00 on December 11th 2025.
This is part of the FDA's "Conversations on Cancer: Making Cancer Personal" series - because every cancer IS personal.
About Project Interface
Project Interface is a public health outreach initiative established by the FDA Oncology Center of Excellence. The project connects with domestic and global stakeholders, including patients diagnosed with cancer, patient advocacy organizations, and oncology experts. Our mission is to protect, promote, and advance public health by organizing interactions with the American public to share critical information related to cancer awareness and treatment options.
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