024 – Interview: Better Cancer Screening While Aging

October 27, 2016
024 – Interview: Better Cancer Screening While Aging
Better Health While Aging
024 – Interview: Better Cancer Screening While Aging

Oct 27 2016 |

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Show Notes

In This Episode:

Dr. K talks with Louise Walter, MD, an expert on cancer screening in older adults and the Chief of the Division of Geriatrics at the University of California San Francisco. They discuss:

Related Resources:

Life expectancies of women and men by quartiles of health, from Dr. Walter’s 2001 article on cancer screening in older adults:

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