Welcome to the American Family Physician Podcast for the April 15th, 2016 issue.

I'm Steve.

I'm Kelsey.

I'm Jake.

I'm Megan.

This week, we're going to talk about cancer screening in older patients, a new drug for heart failure in steps, counseling women about breast cancer, glaucoma,

low troponins, ad nexyl masses, and we're also going to have an interview with Tiffany

Ho, the student member of the American Academy of Family Physicians Board of Directors.

The opinions expressed in the podcast are our own and do not represent the opinions

with the American Academy of Family Physicians, the editor of American Family Physician or Banner Health.

Do not use this podcast for medical advice. Instead, see your own family doctor for medical care.

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For our first feature topic, we have a special guest.

Evan, one of our co-host for next year, is here.

Hi, guys.

And Megan and Evan are going to tell us about cancer screening in older

patients, an article from Dr. Salzman, Beldowski, and De La Paz from Pennsylvania. Most cancer screening

recommendations are derived from population level research and are based on younger patients.

As a result, recommendations for when to stop screening

vary widely. One of the most important points that I took away from this article is to not

base cancer screening on age alone. Screening should be individualized and based on estimates of

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