Network Voices Conversations: Dr. Samantha Pollard
Patient Working Group members, James Pereira and Sheilah Brukewich, chat with Dr. Samantha Pollard about why patient values should be at the centre of precision oncology.
In this episode, MOHCCN Patient Working Group members, James Pereira and Sheilah Brukewich, chat with Dr. Samantha Pollard about why patient values should be at the centre of precision oncology.
They discuss what patients and caregivers truly value when making treatment decisions, how clinicians and researchers can identify those priorities, and how patient values can be translated into data that meaningfully shapes research and care.
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Network Voices Conversations:
Network Voices Conversations feature interviews with MOHCCN researchers and clinicians led by Patient Working Group members on the topics that matter to them. Each conversation goes in-depth on the how our guest is contributing to advancing life-changing cancer research, the future of precision medicine and how the Marathon of Hope Cancer Centres Network is bringing new hope to cancer patients and clinicians across Canada.
Check out all the episodes in our Network Voices Conversations series.
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