Chemotherapy for Prostate Cancer: a Shared Decision

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Healthcare providers face a communication challenge when it comes to talking about chemotherapy with their patients who have prostate cancer. This podcast, geared toward oncologists, primary physicians, and nurse practitioners, explores some of the myths and misconceptions men and their caregivers may have about chemotherapy as a treatment option for prostate cancer. Our experts provide tips for how to talk with patients about their fears, and they offer information to encourage shared decision making so that patients understand whether chemotherapy may be the right choice for prostate cancer.

Host
Pedro Barata, MD, MSc, associate professor and medical oncologist, Tulane Comprehensive Cancer Center

Guests
Rana McKay, MD, associate professor and medical oncologist, UC San Diego Health

Vivek Narayan, MD, MS, assistant professor of medicine, University of Pennsylvania; medical oncologist, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

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Co-host

Dr. Vivek Narayan

Dr Vivek Narayan is assistant professor of medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and a medical oncologist at Penn Genitourinary and Urologic Cancer Program and the Penn Neuroendocrine Tumor Program. Dr Narayan sees patients across the prostate cancer disease spectrum and he participates in clinical trials with novel therapies to treat the disease. His research and extensive publications focus on prostate cancer, renal cell carcinoma, kidney cancer, and bladder cancer.