A project led by PC3I Program Director @rsedhom.bsky.social and Deputy Director Samuel Takvorian is implementing the Practical Geriatric Assessment in community oncology sites across @pennmedicine.bsky.social to bring evidence-based #geriatriconcology into routine care.

PACE-70: Practical Geriatric Assessment (PGA) Implementation Strategies and Correlative Evaluations for Older Adults with Cancer  - Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation

PACE-70 evaluates the real-world feasibility of the Practical Geriatric Assessment in community oncology practices across Penn Medicine.

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PC3I Program Director @rsedhom.bsky.social spoke with @realbowtiedoc.bsky.social about the benefits & nuances of Precision #PalliativeCare, which focuses on a patient's needs & preferences rather than diagnosis alone. Listen to the podcast episode from @ascocancer.bsky.social:

Penn Medicine Princeton's Geriatric Oncology Program, led by PC3I Program Director @rsedhom.bsky.social, has earned a 2025 Innovator Award from the Association of Cancer Care Centers, recognizing it as one of the nation’s most impactful models for advancing equity, quality, & value in #cancercare.

Penn Medicine Princeton’s Geriatric Oncology Program Honored with 2025 ACCC Innovator Award - Penn Center for Cancer Care Innovation

The Geriatric Oncology Program at Penn Princeton Cancer Center received a 2025 Innovator Award by the Association of Community Cancer Centers

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Symptom Management for Well-Differentiated Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: ASCO Guideline | JCO Oncology Practice ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/...

Symptom Management for Well-Differentiated Gastroenteropancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors: ASCO Guideline | JCO Oncology Practice

ASCO Guidelines provide recommendations with comprehensive review and analyses of the relevant literature for each recommendation, following the guideline development process as outlined in the ASCO G...

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Thrilled to share that our team at Penn Medicine Princeton @pc3innovation.bsky.social received the 2025 ACCC Innovator Award for our Geriatric Oncology Program! accc-cancer.org/home/about/a... Older adults deserve care tailored to their needs—and we made it real! and scalable

🚨 irAE aficionados! 2nd installment of the ASPirE Case Discussion series - apparently y'all like talking about irAE cases! 🗓️ Tues May 20 ⏰ 6:30pm EDT/3:30pm PDT 📍A screen near you Feat. endocrine and cardiac cases Hosted by Mimi Wang @mdanderson.bsky.social

"Over those days, though, I could have made things just a little bit less difficult for her. I could have protected her from the overcommunication that plagues our inpatient units when patients and families make decisions different from those we would make..." ascopubs.org/doi/full/10....

I Hope So Too

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As oncologists, we often grade ourselves on effort & empathy. But patients/caregivers carry a different scale. This father’s grief — decades later — reminded me: Good care isn’t always felt as such. And the ones left behind may remember only the hurt. www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

What I Wish I Had Done for a Grieving Father | NEJM

Having lost trust in physicians when he lost his daughter, a man with newly diagnosed cancer declines care, leaving the oncologist to consider past failures of communication, connection, and trust.

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Including #ePROs in multidisciplinary tumor board for patients with #cancer dramatically increases patient-centricity of discussions www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The impact of electronic patient-reported outcomes presentation during multi-disciplinary tumor board on clinician discussion of older adults' fitness and preferences

Treatment of pancreatic cancer often entails multiple modalities (e.g., chemotherapy, surgery, radiation) that vary in intensity, timing, and toxicity…

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It’s wonderful to have access to psychosocial oncology & a joy to to build wrap around supportive care services for our patients ascopost.com/news/februar...

Cancer, Aging, and Meaning: Navigating Psychosocial Challenges

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